Google tracks your movements, like it or not – AP
https://apnews.com/828aefab64d4411bac257a07c1af0ecb
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.
Machine Learning Can Identify the Authors of Anonymous Code – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/machine-learning-identify-anonymous-code/
The researchers don’t rely on low-level features, like how code was formatted. Instead, they create “abstract syntax trees,” which reflect code’s underlying structure, rather than its arbitrary components.
Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/police-body-camera-vulnerabilities/
the vulnerabilities would allow an attacker to download footage off a camera, edit things out or potentially make more intricate modifications, and then re-upload it, leaving no indication of the change.
Russian Hackers Targeted Swedish News Sites In 2016, State Department Cable Says
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevincollier/2016-sweden-ddos-expressen-hack-russia-cables
the attack was part of a Russian campaign to sow disinformation about NATO
Hacking a Brand New Mac Remotely, Right Out of the Box – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/mac-remote-hack-wifi-enterprise/
targets enterprise Macs that use Apple’s Device Enrollment Program and its Mobile Device Management platform.
BitPaymer Ransomware Infection Forces Alaskan Town to Use Typewriters for a Week
How a Hacker Allegedly Stole Millions by Hijacking Phone Numbers - Motherboard
tricking a provider like AT&T into transferring the target’s phone number to a SIM card controlled by the criminal.
reset the victims’ passwords and break into their online accounts
Wells Fargo says hundreds of customers lost homes after computer glitch – CNN
https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/04/news/companies/wells-fargo-mortgage-modification/index.html
Hundreds of people had their homes foreclosed on after software used by Wells Fargo incorrectly denied them mortgage modifications.
GPS på ville veier
https://nrkbeta.no/2018/08/05/gps-pa-ville-veier/
GPS-manipulasjonen som fant sted ved Svartehavet er av typen som påvirker alle GPS-mottakere i området
Det nylig demonstrerte angrepet er annerledes, og kan brukes målrettet mot enkeltindivider.
Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication — Krebs on Security
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/reddit-breach-highlights-limits-of-sms-based-authentication/
Of particular note is that although the Reddit employee accounts tied to the breach were protected by SMS-based two-factor authentication, the intruder(s) managed to intercept that second factor.