hacking

https://www.wired.com/story/acoustic-cyberweapons-defcon/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj4qw/these-iphone-lightning-cables-will-hack-your-computer

will give an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-cyber-un/north-korea-took-2-billion-in-cyberattacks-to-fund-weapons-program-u-n-report-idUSKCN1UV1ZX

increasingly sophisticated attacks to steal funds from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges to generate income. They also used cyberspace to launder the stolen money

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/31/cisco-pay-million-fine-selling-government-hackable-surveillance-technology/

The settlement marks the first time a company has been forced to pay out under a federal whistleblower law for failing to have adequate cybersecurity protections.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/telegram-rolls-out-fix-for-voicemail-hack-used-against-brazilian-politicians/

hackers have hijacked more than 1,000 accounts in Brazil.

Some of the most high-profile victims of recent attacks include Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-breach-fsb-contractor-expose-tor-deanonymization-project/

SyTech, the hacked company, was working on research projects for the FSB, Russia’s intelligence service.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/kazakhstan-government-is-now-intercepting-all-https-traffic/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bluetooth-vulnerability-can-be-exploited-to-track-and-id-iphone-smartwatch-microsoft-tablet-users/

A flaw in the Bluetooth communication protocol may expose modern device users to tracking and could leak their ID

can be used to spy on users despite native OS protections that are in place

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasa-hacked-because-of-unauthorized-raspberry-pi-connected-to-its-network/

NASA described the hackers as an “advanced persistent threat,” a term generally used for nation-state hacking groups.

https://apnews.com/0762caec21874fc09741abbdec0f78ab

The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously this week to pay the hackers’ demands, believing the Palm Beach suburb had no choice if it wanted to retrieve its records, which the hackers encrypted.