May 12th 2017 saw the largest outbreak of ransomware to date with a massive impact to computer systems worldwide.
Although somebody, almost by mistake, found a way to temporarily hold the spread of this virus, history has shown that copycat actions based on the same code will follow sooner rather then later.
Over the weekend already one more strain of this virus has been spotted in the wild and this one doesn’t respond to the same “kill-switch” that was deployed against the original version.
How did we come this far?
Read my Analyses here!
Online surveillance
The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 15)
These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest last week.
- PGP public key and self-service postal kiosk expose online drug dealers
- Password analysis shows employees still aren’t getting the message
- Windows bug used to spread Stuxnet remains world’s most exploited
- What we’re doing to prevent account takeovers
- Alert: Using a web ad blocker may identify you – to advertisers
- How Apple, Google, and other tech titans aim to shake up the way we treat disease
- Honesty is not the best privacy policy
- Sydney Buses: Privacy concerns at APN Outdoors’ Catch free Wi-Fi service
- Pirate radio: Signal spoof set off Dallas emergency sirens, not network hack
The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 14)
These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest last week.
- Schneider Electric still shipping passwords in firmware
- Wonga tells 270,000 customers no need to change passwords after data breach
- Samsung’s Android Replacement Is a Hacker’s Dream
- Mac malware spikes 744 percent, still not a big deal
- An Unprecedented Heist Hijacked a Brazilian Bank’s Entire Online Operation
- Data breach as details about MPs’ staff published in error
- AI Privacy Assistants Could Stop You From Exposing Sensitive Info
- A new digital age is upon us – it’s called Internet of Things
- Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee slams UK and US net plans
The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 13)
These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest last week.
- Who’s Tracking Your Faceprint?
- By dismantling domestic privacy laws, the US will lose control of the global internet | Opinion
- Microsoft’s Docs.com: Search your privacy away
- My Concerns with Google Deepmind’s UK Health initiative
- Hong Kong’s election watchdog urged to come clean on city’s ‘worst’ data theft
- One of the most dangerous forms of ransomware has just evolved to be harder to spot
- Smart TV hack embeds attack code into broadcast signal—no access required
- US ATM fraud surges despite EMV
- Chinese Learn the Value of Privacy
The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 3)
These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest last week.
- Thousands warned they may be victims of rogue webmaster
- The US Postal Service Wants to Hunt Down Dark Web Criminals
- Cobert: OPM ‘feels like a different place’ post-cyber breach
- Connected Devices Give Spies a Powerful New Way to Surveil
- New U.K. Surveillance Law Will Have Worldwide Implications
- Landmark Australian ruling on what counts as ‘personal information’ – Strategy
- Reminder: Your Passwords Are Still Terrible | News & Opinion
- Consumers are passing off security responsibility to others: Gemalto
- Squirrel ‘threat’ to critical infrastructure
The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 2)
These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest last week.
- N.S.A. Gets More Latitude to Share Intercepted Communications
- Attributing the DNC Hacks to Russia
- Microsoft sued by staff traumatized by child sex abuse vids stashed on OneDrive accounts
- GoDaddy revokes 9,000 SSL certificates wrongly validated by code bug
- MongoDB Ransomware Compromises Double in a Day
- £150,000 fine for insurance company that failed to keep customers’ information safe
- On-body transmission and its biometric implications
- Oh ALIS, don’t keep us waiting: F-35 jet’s software ‘delayed’
- Airplane boarding display leaks passenger data