Hacking ski helmet audio - Pen Test Partners

https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/hacking-ski-helmet-audio/

Without authorisation, through insecure direct object references (IDOR) I could:

  • Pull all the users and their email adresses
  • View their phone number
  • Extract users’ real-time GPS position
  • Listen to real-time walkie-talkie chats

Nå jobber Zuckerbergs tidligere mentor for å bryte opp Facebook - NRKBeta

https://nrkbeta.no/2019/03/11/na-jobber-zuckerbergs-tidligere-mentor-for-a-bryte-opp-facebook/

– At det å kunne forutsi folk oppførsel har blitt den mest profitable businessen uten at vi har blitt klar over det bør skremme oss alle

Nuclear goes retro — with a much greener outlook

https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2019/nuclear-goes-retro-much-greener-outlook

start-ups are developing a new kind of reactor that promises to be much safer and cleaner than current ones.

the three big advantages of molten salt reactors — no meltdown, no proliferation, burning up nuclear waste.

Klær av trær – finsk oppfinnelse kan revolusjonere klesindustrien – NRK

https://www.nrk.no/urix/klaer-av-traer-_-finsk-oppfinnelse-kan-revolusjonere-klesindustrien-1.14460780

helt uten restavfall eller kjemikalier.

kan komposteres på samme måte som papir [eller] gjenbrukes […] mange ganger uten at kvaliteten forringes.

The Prototype iPhones That Hackers Use to Research Apple’s Most Sensitive Code - Motherboard

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gyakgw/the-prototype-dev-fused-iphones-that-hackers-use-to-research-apple-zero-days

Very few people have heard of them, but “dev-fused” iPhones sold on the grey market are one of the most important tools for the best iOS hackers in the world.

Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading - MIT Technology Review

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613054/cybersecurity-critical-infrastructure-triton-malware/

In a worst-case scenario, the rogue code could have led to the release of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas or caused explosions, putting lives at risk

Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting - TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/03/facebook-phone-number-look-up/

Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use to “look up” their profile.

Worse, Facebook doesn’t give you an option to opt-out.

W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins

https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/04/w3c-approves-webauthn-as-the-web-standard-for-password-free-logins/

The specification lets users log into online accounts using biometrics, mobile devices, and/or FIDO security keys.

Facebook Allows Users to Look Up Others With Their Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number, With No Opt-Out — Pixel Envy

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/facebook-lookups-by-two-factor-authentication-numbers/

Google and DeepMind are using AI to predict the energy output of wind farms - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/26/18241632/google-deepmind-wind-farm-ai-machine-learning-green-energy-efficiency

To help make that energy more valuable to the power grid

Xiaomi M365 Electric Scooter Hacked and Remotely Controlled - Threatpost

https://threatpost.com/xiaomi-m365-scooter-hack/141731/

Hackers up to 100 meters away could take over Xiaomi M365 scooters to brake or accelerate them.

The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona

1TB microSD cards are now a thing - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/2/25/18239433/1tb-microsd-card-sandisk-micron-price-release

$449.99

the new 512GB card in the same line will sell for $199.99.

China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/business/china-xinjiang-uighur-dna-thermo-fisher.html

Google researchers devise Spectre-like attack with no known mitigation, say software is inadequate to defend from Spectre-type bugs due to high performance cost - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/google-software-is-never-going-to-be-able-to-fix-spectre-type-bugs/

Lime Scooter Software Glitch Causes Random Braking, Dozens Of Rider Injuries

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2019/02/22/lime-scooter-software-glitch-causes-random-braking-dozens-of-rider-injuries/

caused the scooters’ front wheels to lock up randomly mid-ride. The sudden braking caused at least 30 injuries in 155 known incidents

usually occurred when riders were going downhill at high speeds

New flaws in 4G, 5G allow attackers to intercept calls and track phone locations - TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/new-4g-5g-security-flaws/

the attacks can carried out with radio equipment costing as little as $200

Study blames YouTube for rise in number of Flat Earthers - The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/17/study-blames-youtube-for-rise-in-number-of-flat-earthers

they had not considered the Earth to be flat two years ago but changed their minds after watching videos promoting conspiracy theories on YouTube

When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-kids-realize-their-whole-life-already-online/582916/

You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook. - WSJ

https://t.co/809LqgTjyb

At the heart of the issue is an analytics tool Facebook offers developers, which allows them to see statistics about their users’ activities