August 11, 2020

https://TheNewOil.xyz Personal information of voters of infamous referendum held in Russia this summer is for salehttps://vim.cx/?abb5c791f08e78ae#4NMMEHMrzfCrpz7FUUGbu8A1PyvFA4x9BrzqQfjHxwaY(Blog: https://write.as/thenewoil/privacy-and-voting)Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Datahttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/robocall-legal-advocate-leaks-customer-data/Hackers hit university online exam toolhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/hackers-hit-university-online-exam-tool-20200806-p55j6h.htmlCluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google and Bing search resultshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results/Canon confirms ransomware attack in internal memohttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canon-confirms-ransomware-attack-in-internal-memo/Capital One to Pay $80 Million Fine After Data Breachhttps://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/08/06/business/06reuters-usa-banks-capital-one-fin.htmlArgentina health officials expose personal data on 115,000 COVID-19 quarantine exemption applicantshttps://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/argentina-covid-permit-data-leak/Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servershttps://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-leaks-passwords-for-900-enterprise-vpn-servers/Honda recalls 608,000 vehicles for faulty softwarehttps://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21354314/honda-recall-software-odyssey-pilot-passport-backup-camera-rebootNew Jersey prosecutors drop charges over tweeting a cop’s photohttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/five-charged-with-felonies-for-tweeting-or-retweeting-a-cops-photo/Chicago to use social media to track tourists violating quarantine; city dismisses comparison to 'Big Brother'https://www.foxnews.com/travel/chicago-social-media-monitor-travel-order-violatorsVoting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackershttps://www.wired.com/story/voting-machine-makers-hackers-ess/BlackBerry Phone Crackedhttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/08/blackberry_phon.htmlA mysterious group has hijacked Tor exit nodes to perform SSL stripping attackshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/a-mysterious-group-has-hijacked-tor-exit-nodes-to-perform-ssl-stripping-attacks/Many receiving settlement notices for Google+ class-action lawsuithttps://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/i5h86a/dont_take_the_512_from_the_google_i_submitted_an/https://9to5google.com/2020/08/04/many-receiving-settlement-notices-for-google-class-action-lawsuit/Don't take the $5-$12 from the Google. I submitted an Objection instead.How the Twitter hacker was found through Bitcoin and forums traceshttps://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/i598wa/how_the_twitter_hacker_was_found_through_bitcoin/A Private Equity Firm Bought Ancestry, and Its Trove of DNA, for $4.7Bhttps://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/08/07/1955218/a-private-equity-firm-bought-ancestry-and-its-trove-of-dna-for-47b'I don't care': young TikTokers unfazed by US furor over data collectionhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/05/tiktok-gen-z-millennials-data-privacy-trump-chinaAndroid’s ‘Nearby Share’ file sharing feature is finally launchinghttps://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353020/android-nearby-share-file-sharing-feature-launch-airdropHackers Could Use IoT Botnets to Manipulate Energy Marketshttps://www.wired.com/story/hackers-iot-botnets-manipulate-energy-markets/Tor Snowflake turns your browser into a proxy for users in censored countrieshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-snowflake-turns-your-browser-into-a-proxy-for-users-in-censored-countries/Israeli Hackers Develop Tech to Combat Domestic Violencehttps://www.wired.com/story/israeli-hackathon-domestic-violence/FBI issues warning over Windows 7 end-of-lifehttps://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-issues-warning-over-windows-7-end-of-life/How the NSA Says You Can Limit Location Data Exposurehttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gxv3/nsa-location-data-privacyUbuntu Linux 20.04's first point release arriveshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-20-04s-first-point-release-arrives/