Online exchange rate data provider Open Exchange Rates has exposed an undisclosed amount of user data via an Amazon database.
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COVID-19 disruption delays release of Chrome version 81
It’s the COVID-19 shortage nobody expected – not toilet rolls, tinned goods or headache pills this time but Google software engineers.
Location-tracking wristbands required on all incoming travelers to Hong Kong
The government says the wristband isn’t privacy-invading because it won’t track your location, per se; just if you wander from COVID-19 quarantine.
‘Dirty little secret’ extortion email threatens to give your family coronavirus
…And it’s got your password as “proof”.
NIST shared dataset of tattoos that’s been used to identify prisoners
The EFF got in touch with the institutions that have the dataset. Some deleted it, while one refused and others didn’t bother to respond.
Cryptojacking is almost conquered – crushed along with coinhive.com
Cryptojacking may not be entirely gone following the shutdown of notorious cryptomining service Coinhive – but it’s drastically diminished.
Delayed Adobe patches fix long list of critical flaws
This week the company made amends, issuing fixes for an unusually high CVE-level 41 vulnerabilities, 21 of which are rated critical.
Facebook accidentally blocks genuine COVID-19 news
Facebook is denying that a recent content moderation glitch has anything to do with workforce issues, but blames automatic systems.
Android malware uses coronavirus for sextortion/ransomware combo
The app says it will notify you of coronavirus cases… but in fact it locks up your phone and sextorts you for money at the same time
VMware patches virtualisation bugs
Virtualisation company VMware patched two bugs this week that affected a large proportion of its client-side virtual machines.