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Weekly Axis Of Easy #14
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**In this issue:**

- **RIP Flash. Adobe to kill prolific security nightmare.**
- **Domain hijack attempted…at gunpoint.**
- **Swedish government leaks personal data of entire citizenry.**
- **Bitcoin forks tomorrow (Aug 1st)… or not.**

 **[RIP Flash. Adobe to kill prolific security nightmare.](http://thehackernews.com/2017/07/kill-adobe-flash-player.html)**

The cyber-crime underworld is scrambling for a new source of 0-day attacks as fertile as Adobe’s Flash player after the company announced it would cease providing updates and distributing Flash at the end of 2020.

 **[Domain hijack attempted…at gunpoint.](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/21/domain_name_transfers/)**

One for the books: domain name hijacks occur all the time, usually via spearphishing attacks or some other form of online compromise. Meanwhile, in Iowa, a home invasion by an armed assailant occurred wherein the objective was to specifically bring about a domain name transfer from the home’s occupant to an unnamed third-party. Two people were shot and the burglar has been charged with robbery and kidnapping.

**[Swedish government leaks personal data of entire citizenry.](http://thehackernews.com/2017/07/sweden-data-breach.html)**

A massive data breach within Sweden’s transport ministry has apparently leaked names, photos and home addresses of nearly all Swedish citizens. The leak occurred as the result of a botched data transfer in an outsourcing job with IBM.

**[Bitcoin forks tomorrow (Aug 1st)… or not.](https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-cash-what-expect-fork-10000-foot-view/)**

On August 1st, Bitcoin will probably do some kind of fork, although it’s not entirely clear which, among 3 or 4 possible scenarios will play out. The general upshot is that bitcoin will most likely not commit utter suicide and entirely possibly that everybody holding bitcoin will soon have a duplicate number of “bitcoin cash” coins, which have already been trading in some futures markets at roughly $400 – $500 USD per.

**Previously on #AxisOfEasy**

If you missed the previous issues, they can be read online here:

- [July 24, 2017: Cops: “You Cannot Hide On The Dark Web”](https://www.easydns.com/blog/2017/07/24/cops-you-cannot-hide-on-the-dark-web/)
- [July 17, 2017: New Ransomewanre Will Share Your Browser History](https://www.easydns.com/blog/2017/07/17/new-ransomeware-will-share-your-browser-history/)
- [July 10, 2017: China Shuts Down Access To Popular VPN Services ](https://www.easydns.com/blog/2017/07/10/china-shuts-down-access-to-popular-vpn-services/)
- [July 4, 2017: Freedom Of Speech Ends Where Criminal Law Begins](https://www.easydns.com/blog/2017/07/04/freedom-of-speech-ends-where-criminal-law-begins/)
- [June 26, 2017: Hackers Target Email Accounts Of UK Parliament](https://www.easydns.com/blog/2017/06/26/hackers-target-email-accounts-of-uk-parliament/)