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Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS

November 6, 2019 0 Comments broadband, Browsers, browsing activity, browsing history, chrome, congress, dns, dns encryption, DNS-over-HTTPS, DoH, domain name services, domain name system, firefox, Google Chrome, https, isps, Law & order, lobbyists, Mozilla, Privacy, Tracking, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:34:07 +0000

Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry’s lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L0V0e9wwPL4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Founders of ‘worthless cryptocurrency’ ATM Coin fined over $4.25m scam

November 6, 2019 0 Comments atm coin, binary options, binary options scam, crypto scam, cryptocurrency, ico, Law & order

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:57:57 +0000

Invest in “binary options,” they said, neglecting to mention the software set up to rig transactions so that customers lost the gamble.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oHkWV_OUw7w” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police interrogate Alexa for clues in fatal spear-stabbing

November 5, 2019 0 Comments Alexa, amazon, echo, Florida, IoT, Law & order, murder, recordings, smart speakers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:26:53 +0000

A friend heard a couple arguing but couldn’t make out what it was about. Police hope that Alexa might have a better idea.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ml8LXjIH9qE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russia’s sovereign internet law comes into force

November 4, 2019 0 Comments bgp, censorship, deep packet inspection, dns, dpi, Government security, Law & order, Privacy, russia, sovereign internet law

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:45:04 +0000

The new law compels the country’s ISPs to forward all data arriving and departing from their networks through special gateway servers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/twD2GGWkqxs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US grounds Chinese-made drones as part of security review

November 4, 2019 0 Comments american security drone act of 2019, china, doi, drones, Government security, grounded drone, interior department, Law & order, Privacy, spying, uas, uav, uavs, unmanned aircraft systems

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:14:55 +0000

The exception: drones being used in emergencies, such as fighting wildfires, search and rescue, and dealing with natural disasters.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_3c5fdPKPRI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hackers plead guilty to breach that Uber covered up

November 1, 2019 0 Comments brandon charles glover, coverup, data breach, data loss, extortion, hush money, Law & order, LinkedIn, lynda, security threats, uber, vasile mereacre

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:45:41 +0000

The two men pointed to Uber’s $100K hush-money payment when they tried to extort Linkedin-owned Lynda… that instead called the cops.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5jZvM2TMsYc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Judge lambasts porn company for spewing copyright lawsuits

October 31, 2019 0 Comments bittorrent, copyright infringement, copyright troll, court decision, dmca, dmca notice, Law & order, piracy, pirates, porn, Privacy, strike 3 holdings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:53:37 +0000

A US court shielded ISP account holders from a request for expedited discovery to see whose IP addresses were used to share pirated videos.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/taz38WMm0MY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

October 31, 2019 0 Comments activists, Cryptography, cyberweapons, encrypted messaging, end-to-end encryption, espionage, Hacking, israel, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, Mobile, nso, nso group, pegasus, Privacy, q cyber technologies, rat, security threats, Social networks, spies, spyware, whatsapp, zero-click

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:32:02 +0000

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/rTg4uWB-Hmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites

October 30, 2019 0 Comments copyright infringement, cybersquatting, facebook, hacking tools, id shield, Instagram, Law & order, lawsuit, Microsoft, onlinenic, phishing, security threats, trademark, trademark law, typosquatting, verizon

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:33:21 +0000

Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/g_OViBXsCtw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data

October 30, 2019 0 Comments bikes, geolocation, ladot, Law & order, location data, PII, Privacy, ride-hailing, scooters, trip data, uber

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:43:41 +0000

The anonymized real-time location data the city’s after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BqXMC-Elu-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>