“You can look at France’s use of facial recognition for digital identity in two ways: it goes too far in terms of privacy, or they’re using the most secure new technology. Are they a front-runner or are they overstepping the mark?”
Source : French Liberte Tested by Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Plan – Bloomberg
“A former Yahoo software engineer has pleaded guilty to improperly accessing the accounts of around 6,000 Yahoo users in search of nude photos and videos. The news, outlined in a press release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, says programmer Reyes Daniel Ruiz used his privileges at Yahoo to crack user passwords and access the accounts of primarily younger women, including friends and co-workers.”
Source : Former Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to searching 6,000 user accounts for nudes – The Verge
“The unprecedented attack on Apple iPhones revealed by Google this week was broader than first thought. Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation said that Google’s own Android operating system and Microsoft Windows PCs were also targeted in a campaign that sought to infect the computers and smartphones of the Uighur ethnic group in China.”
Source : iPhone Hackers Caught By Google Also Targeted Android And Microsoft Windows, Say Sources
“A hacker who goes by the online handle MG took an innocent-looking Apple USB Lightning cable and rigged it with a small Wi-Fi-enabled implant, which, when plugged into a computer, lets a nearby hacker run commands as if they were sitting in front of the screen.”
Source : This hacker’s iPhone charging cable can hijack your computer | TechCrunch
“Cette attaque a déjà coûté la coquette somme de 18 millions de dollars à Baltimore. Comme le note Le Parisien, dix millions de dollars ont été investis pour réparer le système informatique, dont un million pour le rachat de nouveaux ordinateurs, alors que huit millions de dollars sont liés aux pertes de revenus de la ville. Ironie du sort, le virus a en partie été créé par la National Security Agency (NSA), avant que l’agence ne le se fasse voler en 2017.”
Source : Baltimore, Johannesburg, Lake City : les ransomwares coûtent très cher aux mairies – Cyberguerre
“Google says it has fixed an issue that allowed old owners of Nest security cameras to continue to view a feed from the device, even after deregistering it from their account. The issue could have potentially allowed an old owner of one of the cameras to continue to look through it, even after selling it to someone else. The new owner would have had no indication that a stranger could be able to look inside their home. ”
Source : Used Nest cameras had bug that let previous owners peer into homes – The Verge
“Using a Shazam-like technology, the app would record audio to identify soccer games, and use the geolocation of the phone to locate which bars were streaming without licenses. El Diario reports that fans have downloaded that app more than 10 million times, essentially turning them into undercover narcs.”
Source : LaLiga’s app listened in on fans to catch bars illegally streaming soccer – The Verge
“Mais comment fonctionne vraiment cet objet connecté, conçu en Allemagne, produit en Chine par la marque SilverCrest et commercialisé par Lidl en France, Allemagne, Belgique, Suisse et Grande-Bretagne ? Numerama a découvert, avec l’aide de deux Français, que certaines caractéristiques de l’appareil soulevaient des interrogations. Notre enquête montre notamment qu’un micro a été installé dans le Monsieur Cuisine Connect, sans que sa présence ne soit indiquée, et sans qu’il n’y ait de justification apparente.”
“Google has been arguing that by stopping it from dealing with Huawei, the US risks creating two kinds of Android operating system: the genuine version and a hybrid one. The hybrid one is likely to have more bugs in it than the Google one, and so could put Huawei phones more at risk of being hacked, not least by China.”
Source : Google warns of US national security risks from Huawei ban | Financial Times
“In order to ensure the government is added to the conversation in secret, GCHQ’s proposal would require messaging apps, service providers, and operating systems to change their software so that it would 1) change the encryption schemes used, and/or 2) mislead users by suppressing the notifications that routinely appear when a new communicant joins a chat.”
Source : Apple and WhatsApp condemn GCHQ plans to eavesdrop on encrypted chats | UK news | The Guardian
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