Author: Eric English

Cyber:

https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/online-trackers-increasingly-switching.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-russia-sanctions-solarwinds-hacks/2021/02/23/b77039d6-71fa-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/judge-approves-650m-settlement-for-facebook-users-in-privacy-biometrics-lawsuit/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=603d04f67bab02000131032b&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

https://www.cnet.com/news/brave-takes-on-google-with-privacy-focused-search-engine/#ftag=COS-05-10aaa0j

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-exchange-zero-day-attacks-30000-servers-hit-already-says-report/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=60468949452dcf0001ff9356&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/why-where-you-should-you-plant-your-flag/

Crypto:

Crypto Hacks: Crypto Exchange Hacks & Cryptocurrency Hackers

Cryptocurrency exchange in liquidation due to hack, hacked again

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Cyber:

Court docs show FBI can unlock iPhones, access Signal messages

https://www.zdnet.com/article/following-oldsmar-attack-fbi-warns-about-using-teamviewer-and-windows-7/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/whatsapp-users-must-share-their-data-with-facebook-or-stop-using-the-app/

Hackers access customers database by scamming UScellular staff

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/01/facebook-strikes-back-against-apple-ios-14-idfa-privacy-change.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apples-new-privacy-tool-lets-you-choose-which-apps-can-see-and-share-your-data-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

Mimecast Confirms SolarWinds Hack as List of Security Vendor Victims Snowball

https://news.bitcoin.com/indian-cryptocurrency-exchange-buyucoin-hacked-data-users-leaked/

Crypto:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/avoid-hosted-crypto-wallets-at-all-costs-warns-elon-musk

https://news.bitcoin.com/un-north-korea-stockpiles-316-million-cryptocurrencies-cyberattacks/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-and-ibm-among-those-supporting-the-hedera-token-service-launch/

https://cointelegraph.com/news/tesla-allocates-7-7-of-gross-cash-to-bitcoin

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Cyber:

SonicWall hacked after 0-day flaws exploited by hackers

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-publish-thousands-of-files-after-government-agency-refuses-to-pay-ransom/

ADT Tech Hacks Home-Security Cameras to Spy on Women

Malwarebytes Hit by SolarWinds Attackers

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nsa-warns-against-using-doh-inside-enterprise-networks/

Crypto:

https://news.bitcoin.com/indian-cryptocurrency-exchange-buyucoin-hacked-data-users-leaked/

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Cyber:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/third-malware-strain-discovered-in-solarwinds-supply-chain-attack

Security researchers claims downloading 70TB of sensitive Parler data

Millions of Social Profiles Leaked by Chinese Data-Scrapers

Ticketmaster Coughs Up $10 Million Fine After Hacking Rival Business

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-fireeye-confirm-solarwinds-supply-chain-attack

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Cyber Security:

EvilQuest Mac Ransomware Has Keylogger, Crypto Wallet-Stealing Abilities

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3aza95/how-police-took-over-encrochat-hacked

https://cointelegraph.com/news/unknown-cybercrime-gang-holds-thousands-of-databases-for-ransom

Privacy:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2020/06/25/apple-ios-14-is-facebook-and-googles-worst-nightmare-coming-true/#61fec5d54335

Facebook exposed user data to thousands of app developers

DuckDuckGo collecting user browsing data without consent (Updated)

LinkedIn was copying every keystroke of users until iOS 14 exposed it

No jail for Yahoo employee who used internal system to hack 6k accounts

German Police seize DDoSecrets server hosting BlueLeaks data dump

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Cyber Security:

https://brave.com/google-internal-data-free-for-all/

“World’s most secure online backup” provider exposes 135M records

Coronavirus ‘Financial Relief’ Phishing Attacks Spike

Zoom promises to improve its security and privacy as usage (and concern) soars

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-alert-zoom-client-can-leak-your-network-login-credentials/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/phish-of-godaddy-employee-jeopardized-escrow-com-among-others/

Zoom Kills iOS App’s Data-Sharing Facebook Feature

https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/draytek-network-hacking.html

https://www.grahamcluley.com/security-firm-five-billion-records-exposed-unsecured-database/

https://www.securityweek.com/flaw-password-managers-allowed-apps-steal-credentials

https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-professor-says-edge-is-the-worst-for-privacy-microsoft-isnt-happy/

Cryptocurrency:

https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-blows-past-7k-in-sudden-14-jump

https://cointelegraph.com/news/april-fools-sees-toilet-paper-token-in-short-supply-on-coinmarketcap

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Stay safe and healthy out there.

Cyber:

https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/patch-wormable-smb-vulnerability.html

https://github.com/preempt/ntlm-scanner

https://www.zdnet.com/article/brave-to-generate-random-browser-fingerprints-to-preserve-user-privacy/

Crypto:

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Cyber:
https://www.hackread.com/facial-recognition-firm-clearview-ai-hacked-client-list-stolen/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/cisco-says-patches-incoming-to-address-new-kr00k-vulnerability-impacting-routers-firewall-products/
https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/voice-assistants-ultrasonic-waves.html
https://www.hackread.com/doppelpaymer-ransomware-spacex-tesla-boeings-parts-manufacturer/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/carnival-cruise-lines-hacked
https://www.zdnet.com/article/t-mobile-says-hacker-gained-access-to-employee-email-accounts-user-data/
https://www.hackread.com/man-hacks-indian-tech-support-scam-call-center/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trident-crypto-fund-data-breach
https://cointelegraph.com/news/private-brave-browser-integrates-auto-wayback-machine-lookup

Crypto:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-bch-question-how-to-recover-after-30m-hack-and-mining-tax-row
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/57321/coinbase-tested-facial-recognition-software-developed-by-controversial-startup-clearview-ai
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-bch-question-how-to-recover-after-30m-hack-and-mining-tax-row
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-says-stablecoins-could-be-created-on-xrp-ledger
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-joins-japans-self-regulatory-organization-for-crypto-firms
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-exchange-digitex-removes-kyc-to-protect-user-data
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-halts-trading-again-does-not-appreciate-offer-of-help-from-okex

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Cybersecurity:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/dod-disa-discloses-data-breach/

Ring Mandates 2FA After Rash of Hacks

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/dhss-cisa-warns-of-new-critical-infrastructure-ransomware-attack/d/d-id/1337086

https://www.cnet.com/news/germany-wants-social-media-companies-to-proactively-report-illegal-content-to-police/

Facebook asks to be regulated kinda like a newspaper, kinda like telco

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/02/hackers-were-inside-citrix-for-five-months/

US Gas Company Attacked with Ransomware

Cryptocurrency

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2020/02/16/blow-to-bitcoin-as-significant-us-crackdown-suddenly-revealed/#6c091ec51191

https://www.coindesk.com/erik-voorhees-within-five-years-there-will-be-a-major-financial-meltdown-and-crypto-will-be-ready

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-gold-is-held-captive-by-whale-with-almost-half-the-supply

https://www.coindesk.com/eu-official-we-cant-regulate-libra-without-more-details

https://www.coindesk.com/the-flash-loan-attacks-explained-for-everybody

https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-becomes-a-visa-principal-member-c5b73b883787

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Cyber:

Ringing in a new National Privacy Law?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-is-investigating-more-than-1000-cases-of-chinese-theft-of-us-technology/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=5e40f8a2ecb7110001ba5b78&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-hits-north-miami-beach-police-department

Hackers caught using CNET website to spread nasty malware

https://www.zdnet.com/article/deep-learning-godfathers-bengio-hinton-and-lecun-say-the-field-can-fix-its-flaws/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=5e41a857ecb7110001ba5de8&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

https://www.securityweek.com/facebooks-twitter-instagram-accounts-hacked

https://www.securityweek.com/unique-illinois-privacy-law-leads-550m-facebook-deal

https://www.securityweek.com/equifax-breach-latest-many-hacks-linked-china

Google patches Bluetooth vulnerability impacting most Android devices

Crypto:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-forms-golden-cross-as-china-panic-prints-170b

https://www.coindesk.com/95-confidence-ethereum-developers-pencil-in-july-2020-for-eth-2-0-launch?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=Events&utm_content=Register&utm_campaign=FATF

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-targets-10k-as-bitmex-open-interest-soars-to-15b

https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacking-group-outlaw-upgrades-malware-for-illicit-income-sources-report

https://www.coindesk.com/monero-hacker-outlaw-is-back-and-targeting-american-business-report?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=Events&utm_content=Register&utm_campaign=FATF

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-says-bitcoin-will-become-closer-to-digital-gold-in-93-days

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