U.S. Believes It Doesn’t Need to Show ‘Proof’ Huawei Is a Spy Threat - WSJ
Huawei’s very structure, with its close ties to the Chinese government […] makes the company a potential tool for espionage and thus a security threat
Google fined $57m by French regulator for breaching GDPR - Digiday
https://digiday.com/media/google-fined-57m-french-regulator-breaching-gdpr/
for making it difficult for users to see the detail on why and how they should give consent in order to be sent personalized ads, and for providing a pre-ticked option when requesting consent.
Over 140 International Airlines Affected by Major Security Breach
Potential attackers could view and change private information in flight bookings made by millions of customers of major international airlines because of a security issue in the Amadeus online booking system […]
Kommune nekter lærere, elever og foreldre å kommunisere på Facebook – NRK
Den nye personvernloven som kom i fjor, har ført til at Alta kommune nå nekter ansatte i skoler og barnehager å bruke Facebook for å kommunisere med elever og foreldre.
Despite Bitcoin’s Dive, a Former Soviet Republic Is Still Betting Big on It - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/business/georgia-bitcoin-blockchain-bitfury.html
Tax breaks, land deals and cheap energy have spurred cryptocurrency mining in Georgia, which wants to be a digital data leader.
Automated phishing attack tool bypasses 2FA protection
https://www.grahamcluley.com/automated-phishing-attack-tool-bypasses-2fa-protection/
but don’t let Modlishka make you give up on 2FA just yet…
West African banks hit by multiple hacking waves last year - ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/west-african-banks-hit-by-multiple-hacking-waves-last-year/
Banks and financial institutions in West Africa have been hit by four different hacking campaigns last year, according to a report published today by US cyber-security giant Symantec.
Popular WordPress plugin hacked by angry former employee - ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/popular-wordpress-plugin-hacked-by-angry-former-employee/
Hacker defaced the company’s website and sent a mass email to all its customers, alleging unpatched security holes.
Fortnite security issue would have granted hackers access to accounts - ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fortnite-security-issue-would-have-granted-hackers-access-to-accounts/
Check Point recommends that Fortnite players enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for their accounts.
AI is sending people to jail—and getting it wrong - MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612775/algorithms-criminal-justice-ai/
Using historical data to train risk assessment tools could mean that machines are copying the mistakes of the past.
Untitled
[You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could Actually Get It – By Tim Cook
http://time.com/collection/davos-2019/5502591/tim-cook-data-privacy/ – Time.com]
We think every user should have the chance to say, “Wait a minute. That’s my information that you’re selling, and I didn’t consent.”
The Rise and Demise of RSS
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mm4z/the-rise-and-demise-of-rss
Before the internet was consolidated into centralized information silos, RSS imagined a better way to let users control their online personas.
Security Checklist – Be safe on the internet.
An open source checklist of resources designed to improve your online privacy and security. Check things off to keep track as you go.
PST mener Huaweis utbygging av 5G-nett i Norge er problematisk - Bergens Tidende
Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (PST) mener at selskaper fra land Norge ikke har sikkerhetspolitisk samarbeid med, bør begrenses fra å jobbe med ekomnett
Ring let employees watch customer videos, claim reports - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/10/18177305/ring-employees-unencrypted-customer-video-amazon
Smart doorbell company Ring allowed employees to share unencrypted customer videos with each other
Poland has searched the Warsaw offices of Huawei and Orange, arrested a Chinese manager at Huawei and charged him with espionage on behalf of China – AP
Huawei kan bli utestengt fra norsk 5G-utbygging – NRK
https://www.nrk.no/norge/huawei-kan-bli-utestengt-fra-norsk-5g-utbygging-1.14373969
Han sier Norge vurderer å slutte seg til andre vestlige land og nekte kinesiske Huawei å bygge infrastruktur for 5G-nettet, den neste generasjonen mobilnett.
Privacy International claims most Android apps share data with Facebook without user consent - IT PRO
https://www.itpro.co.uk/privacy/32634/android-apps-share-data-facebook-without-user
The social media giant’s third-party tracking via the Facebook SDK may constitute a GDPR breach
Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data - NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/technology/weather-channel-app-lawsuit.html
The […] app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers, the city attorney of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.
YouTube is reading text in users’ videos – Naked Security
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/12/14/youtube-is-reading-text-in-users-videos/
Google keeps tabs on much of your activity, including your browsing history and your location. Now, it turns out that its YouTube service is also reading what’s in your videos, too.