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