General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Post titled “Astonishing fraud! Evil Pfffizer! Fake vaccines!” found on the dark Web.
Publish Date: 1/15/2021
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Openings provided by iOS and Android security are there for those with the right tools.
Publish Date: 1/15/2021
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Yes, plaintext DNS is insane, but encrypting it has its own tradeoffs.
Publish Date: 1/15/2021
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Boobytrapped websites are used by attackers to infect people who visited them.
Publish Date: 1/13/2021
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AT&T TV Now folded into AT&T TV, which finally gets a no-contract option.
Publish Date: 1/13/2021
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Compromise by "sophisticated threat actor" prompts company to issue new certificate.
Publish Date: 1/12/2021
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Some 80 terabytes of posts, many already deleted, preserved for posterity.
Publish Date: 1/12/2021
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"I had to start a telephone company to get [high-speed] Internet access."
Publish Date: 1/12/2021
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Similarities could prove a link or might be part of a false flag operation.
Publish Date: 1/11/2021
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Bill would require firms to disclose when they use software to assess candidates.
Publish Date: 1/10/2021
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Friday ban comes with clear notice: "Do not post violent content." Discord follows suit.
Publish Date: 1/8/2021
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Yubico and Feitian keys that use the same chip are likely susceptible, too.
Publish Date: 1/8/2021
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Department discovered the intrusion 9 days after SolarWinds hack came to light.
Publish Date: 1/7/2021
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Trump has downplayed the mass compromise and Russia's involvement. Underlings disagree.
Publish Date: 1/6/2021
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Messenger maker has expressed no plans to fix location disclosure flaw.
Publish Date: 1/5/2021
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Data cap harms poor people and isn't needed to manage network, Mass. reps say.
Publish Date: 1/5/2021
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ElectroRAT was written from scratch and was likely installed by thousands.
Publish Date: 1/5/2021
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Recently discovered account with admin rights is hardcoded into multiple device models.
Publish Date: 1/4/2021
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Ticketmaster used stolen passwords and URL guessing to access confidential data.
Publish Date: 1/4/2021
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The new union is open to all types of Google employees, including contractors.
Publish Date: 1/4/2021
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