Weekly Axis Of Easy #47 In this issue: DDoS-for-Hire Service operators arrested Crypto thieves hijack Amazon’s Route53 DNS Drupalgeddon2 saga continues: 2nd patch released Twitter sold data to same researcher behind Facebook scandal Transcription service leaked medical records Iranian LGBTQ activist wins defamation suit against Canadian Canadian music industry seeks more money and content blocking […]
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Do You Know Palantir? They Know You.
Weekly Axis Of Easy #46 In this issue: Private intelligence agency leaks scraped data of 48 million people Do you know Palantir? They know you. Breached chat service leaks data of K-Mart, Best Buy customers New fileless malware eludes antivirus scanners Honduran government unveils new cyber censorship laws Facebook plays shell game with Euro Privacy […]
Google’s Dossier On You Is Much Larger Than Facebook’s
Weekly Axis Of Easy #45 In this issue: Krebs: Don’t give up historical info about yourself online Drupalgeddon2 critical patch update Largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is actually fake Google’s dossier on you is much larger than Facebook’s YouTube illegally collects data on children Wozniak deletes his Facebook page Apple to kill iTunes […]
Do You Trust This Computer?
Weekly Axis Of Easy #44 In this issue: Documentary: Do You Trust This Computer? Google employees revolt over military drone program US Feds seize Backpage.com domain Rogue network of cellphone snoopers discovered in Washington DC DHS building database to monitor media influencers More Facebook shenanigans: health records, political contributions & pay-for-privacy Telus jumps on Canadian […]
Critical Drupal Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution
Weekly Axis Of Easy #43 In this issue: Critical Drupal vulnerability allows remote code execution Facebook funding anti-privacy efforts while apologizing for privacy violations US Gov to gain access to social media of all visa applicants Under Armour data breach affects 150 million MyFitnessPal users Criminal group who executed 1 Billion euro cybertheft arrested in […]
Should We Delete Our Facebook Page?
Weekly Axis Of Easy #42 In this issue: Should you delete your Facebook page? Uber self-driving car kills pedestrian Confessions of a Data Hitman US Congress slips CLOUD surveillance provision into spending bill CBC backs Bell’s Web content blocking initiative City of Atlanta crippled by ransomware attack Should you delete your Facebook page? The Facebook […]