Huawei – fare for spionasje eller svertekampanje? – NRK Urix

https://www.nrk.no/urix/huawei-_-fare-for-spionasje-eller-svertekampanje_-1.14399304

Grunnleggeren av Huawei, kom nylig på banen og hevdet at selskapet aldri vil utlevere informasjon til kinesiske myndigheter.

Det kan han trolig ikke love. Den kinesiske sikkerhetsloven står nemlig i veien for det.

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.

U.S. Believes It Doesn’t Need to Show ‘Proof’ Huawei Is a Spy Threat - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-believes-it-doesnt-need-to-show-proof-huawei-is-a-spy-threat-11548288297

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

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…

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.

Kommune nekter lærere, elever og foreldre å kommunisere på Facebook – NRK

https://www.nrk.no/finnmark/kommune-nekter-laerere_-elever-og-foreldre-a-kommunisere-pa-facebook-1.14395331

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.

Over 140 International Airlines Affected by Major Security Breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/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 […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

[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.”

PST mener Huaweis utbygging av 5G-nett i Norge er problematisk - Bergens Tidende

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/okonomi/i/gP2yya/PST-mener-Huaweis-utbygging-av-5G-nett-i-Norge-er-problematisk

Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (PST) mener at selskaper fra land Norge ikke har sikkerhetspolitisk samarbeid med, bør begrenses fra å jobbe med ekomnett

Security Checklist – Be safe on the internet.

https://securitycheckli.st/

An open source checklist of resources designed to improve your online privacy and security. Check things off to keep track as you go.

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.

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

https://apnews.com/2d897492e2b042589f734592524d0fae

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.