Collaborate Disseminate
As Tom Nardi mentioned in this week’s podcast, the Northeast US is pretty apocalyptically socked in with smoke from wildfires in Canada. It’s what we here in Idaho call “August,” …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 11, 2023
By Habiba Rashid
The case involves Amazon’s settlement with the FTC over security and privacy violations committed by its subsidiaries, Ring and Alexa.
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By Deeba Ahmed
An EarSpy attack is a proof of concept of a new type of attack on Android devices that exposes users to eavesdropping.
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By Deeba Ahmed
The malicious NPM packages used in this supply chain attack can steal Discord tokens and financial data. Discord,…
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By Deeba Ahmed
The Vault 7 leak included trojans, viruses, malware, zero-day exploits, malware remote control systems, and related documents dating…
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By Deeba Ahmed
The Indian government recently passed a new law that mandates all internet service providers to collect and store…
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By Waqas
Edward Snowden urging all to avoid ExpressVpn after its CIO named in UAE surveillance scandal.
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The Justice Department charged three former U.S. intelligence operatives on Tuesday with hacking and conspiracy charges in connection with their work helping United Arab Emirates spy on activists and political rivals. The charges allege that defendants Marc Baier, Ryan Adams and Daniel Gericke “knowingly and willfully” provided the UAE with spy technology without approval from the U.S. government. The charges back up a 2019 Reuters investigation that found a secret hacking unit of UAE-based cybersecurity firm DarkMatter was hiring former U.S. intelligence officers to help the UAE to spy on the phones of activists, diplomats and other nation’s leaders. Former employees told Reuters that their work with the hacking unit, “Project Raven,” also involved spying on U.S. citizens and companies. The Intercept first reported the existence of DarkMatter in 2016. According to court documents, after leaving government employment, Baier, Adams and Gericker joined a firm prosecutors referred to as “Company […]
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By Waqas
A whitehat hacker has shared simple yet useful tips on his TikTok detailing how you can detect hidden cameras in an Airbnb or a hotel room.
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By Deeba Ahmed
The vulnerability would allow threat actors to compromise a targeted ThroughTek IoT device and watch the real-time video feed, listen to audio, and compromise credentials.
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