Collaborate Disseminate
Facebook apologizes for animated confetti and balloons that appeared on “I’m safe” posts during the Lombok earthquake.
Continue reading Facebook ‘regrets’ balloons and confetti triggered by earthquake posts
An FCC Office of Inspector General (OIG) report has found no evidence of DDoS attacks on the FCC’s comments system. Continue reading “Attack” on FCC over net neutrality was legitimate traffic, report says
DARPA’s MediaFor project has come up with tools it says can spot AI-created fakes. Continue reading DARPA takes aim at deepfake forgeries
Facebook says to banks: tell us who your customers are, and we’ll get them talking to you in Messenger. Continue reading Facebook wants to be the future of online banking
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC is back up and running, and pinning the blame for its shutdown on an infection by WannaCry ransomware. Continue reading iPhone chipmaker blames ransomware for factory shutdowns
Like it or not, the Play Store is a walled garden that keeps out malware. Continue reading Fortnite ditches Google Play – will it undermine Android security?
Getting root access and patching firmware doesn’t count as successful hacking, apparently. Continue reading ‘Unhackable’ Bitfi hardware rooted within a week
Martin Gottesfeld set off DDoS attacks against hospitals in #opJustina, fled the country in a boat, and had to be rescued by a Disney ship. Continue reading Guilty! Court sinks children’s hospital attacker found stranded on a boat
The DOJ says it’s arrested three members of the highly professional Fin7 group. Continue reading Alleged “high-ranking” members of the Fin7 cybercrime group arrested
Pegasus spyware is supposed to be used solely by governments, to enable them to invisibly track criminals and terrorists Continue reading Amnesty International spearphished with government spyware