« It was used for an old version of the Apple Watch app, specifically to run the heavy lifting of rendering maps on your phone & then send the rendering to the Watch app. This dependency was removed with previous improvements to Apple’s OS & our app. Therefore, we’re removing this API from our iOS codebase ».
Source : Researchers: Uber’s iOS App Had Secret Permissions That Allowed It to Copy Your Phone Screen
«Hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter».
Source : Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense – WSJ
« White-Collar Offender Tends to have a low self-esteem, a high IQ and charisma. Anxious, tensed and frustrated, competitive, ambitious and dominant. Usually loves to take risks and have a dry sense of humor » – Description of White-Collar Offender…
Source : FACEPTION | Our Technology
«Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed the social security numbers and other data of about 143 million Americans. After discovering the breach, but before notifying the public, three Equifax senior executives sold shares in the company worth almost $1.8m. Since the public announcement, the company’s share price has tumbled».
«Since phishing has become much more common, network administrators have made a habit of telling users never to click on password reset links that go to different domains. Because of the way that Google has implemented AMP, however, Gmail users and people using Google apps for institutional use are now more vulnerable to such attacks. Phishers who use AMP pages can thereby employ official « google.com » web addresses to direct users to malicious sites».
Source : Russian hackers exploited a Google flaw the company has refused to fix – Salon.com
«Le 11 février 2013, Madame W. fait des recherches sur Internet, et, par curiosité, tape ses nom et prénom sur le moteur de recherche Google. Elle voit s’afficher l’inscription « dossier enfant » avec son numéro de sécurité sociale. En cliquant sur ce résultat, elle arrive sur le site « http://www.dbsi.eu », qui comporte d’autres noms et prénoms précédés d’un numéro de sécurité sociale. ..Elle clique sur le sien, et découvre le dossier médical de son fils, Jean-François, prématuré né à l’hôpital Nord de Marseille, le 22 juin 2008. Elle constate qu’elle peut aussi accéder aux autres, et même les modifier ou les supprimer.Le lendemain matin, elle porte plainte contre l’hôpital, pour violation du secret professionnel».
Source : Elle tape son nom sur Internet et découvre le dossier médical de son enfant | SOS conso
One of the world’s “big four” accountancy firms has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised the confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients.
Deloitte, which is registered in London and has its global headquarters in New York, was the victim of a cybersecurity attack that went unnoticed for months.
In 2012, Deloitte, which has offices all over the world, was ranked the best cybersecurity consultant in the world.
Source : Deloitte hit by cyber-attack revealing clients’ secret emails | Business | The Guardian
«Clarification appended 9/15/17, 2:30 pm EDT: This piece has been edited to clarify Apple’s plan to store FaceID information locally and how a surveillance order might work».
Source : Apple’s FaceID Could Be a Powerful Tool for Mass Spying | WIRED
AI needs regulating because the big tech companies have got too big for their own good. And like every other industry sector before it that has got too big – the banks, the oil companies, the telecom firms – regulation is needed to ensure the public good. To ensure that we all benefit and not just the tech elite.
We’re beginning to see the corrosive effects of Facebook’s algorithms on political debate, of Amazon’s dominance of the retail sector, and of Google’s monopoly on search. And it’s hard to know where to begin with a company like Uber. There’s just so much to criticise.
However, the problems today are not caused by super smart AI, but stupid AI.
Source : Elon Musk is wrong. The AI singularity won’t kill us all | WIRED UK
«China said on Wednesday it will create a national data repository for information on cyber attacks and require telecom firms, internet companies and domain name providers to report threats to it.»
Source : China beefs up cyber defenses with centralized threat database
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