“Google LLC is reportedly planning to relinquish direct control over its open-source Knative project to a five-seat steering committee that will have rules to prevent any single organization from having more than two seats,” reports SiliconANGLE. “The plan is designed to stymie criticism that Google is secretly planning to retain control over key open-source projects it has developed, according to a…
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Facebook Gets Rid of ‘Pseudoscience’ Ad-Targeting Category
Facebook has removed “pseudoscience” as an option for advertisers that want to target audiences, a category available until this week even as the world’s largest social media network vowed to curb misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. Reuters reports: The company has also paused the availability of some other interest categories while it evaluates its list, a Facebook spokeswoman confirmed in an…
Tech News Site ‘The INQUIRER’ Is Shutting Down
Long-time Slashdot reader pvjr writes that “The Inquirer is giving up the ghost and going dark in March, 2020.” An announcement on the site from the site’s editor explains that the change is “due to a recent decline in digital advertising, along with a change of focus for the business…” “We came, we Inquired, we’re off to the pub.” The site…
Firefox Zero-Day Was Used In Attack Against Coinbase Employees, Not Its Users
An anonymous reader writes: A recent Firefox zero-day that has made headlines across the tech news world this week was actually used in attacks against Coinbase employees, and not the company’s users. Furthermore, the attacks used not one, but two Firefox zero-days, according to Philip Martin, a member of the Coinbase security team, which reported the attacks to Mozilla. One was…
‘WannaCry Hero’ Marcus Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Making Banking Malware
The researcher who helped stop the WannaCry ransomware pleaded guilty to two counts of hacking for writing banking malware in 2014.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qv7pad/marcus-hutchins-pleads-guilty-banking-malware-wannacry-hero…
Thieves Somehow Stole 100 Car2Go Cars in Chicago
The company says it was not a “hack,” but Chicago police say that some of the carsharing cars may still be unaccounted for.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjv8dw/thieves-steal-100-car2go-cars-chicago…
Microsoft Loses Control Over Windows Tiles Subdomain
Microsoft has lost control over a crucial subdomain that Windows 8 and Windows 10 use to deliver RSS-based news and updates to Live Tiles — animated Windows start menu items. From a report: The subdomain (notifications.buildmypinnedsite.com) is currently under the control of Hanno Bock, a security researcher and journalist for German tech news site Golem.de. The subdomain was part of…
Kaspersky Lab Will Now Alert Users to ‘Stalkerware’ Used In Domestic Abuse
Tens of thousands of people all over the world have been spied on with malware sold to consumers for less than $100, as Motherboard has shown over the years. In some of these cases, the hackers are the victim’s spouses or intimate partners, making this one of the most dangerous forms of hacking as it… Continue reading Kaspersky Lab Will Now Alert Users to ‘Stalkerware’ Used In Domestic Abuse
NSO Group Says It Didn’t Hack Jeff Bezos On Behalf of Saudi Arabia
A controversial Israeli company that sells spyware to governments around the world denied having anything to do with the alleged hack of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos. In a statement sent to reporters Sunday evening, a spokesperson for NSO Group said that “we can say unequivocally that our technology was not used in this instance.” The… Continue reading NSO Group Says It Didn’t Hack Jeff Bezos On Behalf of Saudi Arabia
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A controversial Israeli company that sells spyware to governments around the world denied having anything to do with the alleged hack of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos. In a statement sent to reporters Sunday evening, a spokesperson for NSO Group said that “we can say unequivocally that our technology was not used in this instance.” The… Continue reading NSO Group Says It Didn’t Hack Jeff Bezos On Behalf of Saudi Arabiarespond