Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons.
Monthly Archives: January 2020
FBI asks Apple to help it unlock iPhones of naval base shooter
This could signal a renewed war between Apple and law enforcement over breaking encryption.
Google’s Project Zero highlights patch quality with policy tweak
Google’s Project Zero bug-hunting team has tweaked its 90-day responsible disclosure policy to help improve the quality and adoption of vendor patches.
REvil ransomware exploiting VPN flaws made public last April
Researchers report flaws, vendors issue patches, organisations apply them – and everyone lives happily ever after. Right? Wrong!
YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable
The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data.
US warns of Iranian cyber threat
The DHS has issued three warnings in the last few days encouraging people to be on alert for physical and cyber attacks from Iran.
Facebook bans deepfakes, but not cheapfakes or shallowfakes
Quick-n-sleazy edits are still OK, such as the 75% slowdown that made Nancy Pelosi slur or the edit that turned Joe Biden into a racist.
Google suspends Xiaomi from Home Hub over camera privacy glitch
A user reported to Google that he was seeing images from other people’s devices.
‘Maze’ ransomware threatens data exposure unless $6m ransom paid
US cable and wire manufacturer, Southwire, last week filed a civil suit against Maze’s mysterious makers in Georgia Federal court.
IT exec sets up fake biz to scam his employer out of $6m
He cooked up an IT vendor, its invoices, its vapor-gear, and the phantom employees who never showed up to do all those services.