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Companies https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-sues-sdk-maker-for-secretly-harvesting-user-data/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/09/australia-sues-facebook-over-cambridge-analytica-fine-could-scale-to-529bn/ http://quickcyber.news/2020/03/11/a-bug-in-avast-anti-track-privacy-software-allowed-mitm-attack-on-https-traffic/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/avast-disables-javascript-engine-in-its-antivirus-following-major-bug/ https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/5dmkyq/heres-the-file-clearview-ai-has-been-keeping-on-me-and-probably-on-you-too https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-trump-investors-friend-facial-recognition https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-patches-smbv3-wormable-bug-that-leaked-earlier-this-week/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-adding-dns-over-https-doh-to-windows-10/ https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/13/protonmail-could-reroute-connections-through-google-to-circumvent-censorship/ https://betanews.com/2020/03/06/duckduckgo-tracker-radar-privacy/ https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/hackers-compromise-t-mobile-employees.html https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51682280 https://www.inquirer.com/business/comcast/comcast-unlisted-phone-number-xfinity-ecolisting-20200309.html https://www.zdnet.com/article/whisper-an-anonymous-secret-sharing-app-failed-to-keep-messages-profiles-private/ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bgky/banjo-ai-used-secret-company-and-fake-apps-to-scrape-facebook-twitter https://www.tomsguide.com/news/netgear-security-firmware-patches

Research https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/intel-promises-full-memory-encryption-in-upcoming-cpus/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/amd-processors-from-2011-to-2019-vulnerable-to-two-new-attacks/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-cpus-vulnerable-to-new-lvi-attacks/ https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/voice-assistants-ultrasonic-waves.html https://www.zdnet.com/article/modern-ram-used-for-laptops-smartphones-still-vulnerable-to-rowhammer-attacks/ https://securelist.com/cookiet hief/96332/

Politics https://www.axios.com/cybersecurity-commission-report-warns-us-unready-for-cyberattack-1d04aee2-58bb-4216-b87b-8d1126d03477.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-signs-law-banning-use-of-federal-funds-to-purchase-huawei-equipment/ar-BB116QhX https://www.marketwatch.com/story/house-passes-bipartisan-bill-to-tighten-oversight-of-federal-surveillance-2020-03-11 https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/12/homeland-security-airport-face-recognition/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/11/india-used-facial-recognition-tech-to-identify-1100-individuals-at-a-recent-riot/ https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/3074384/even-mask-wearers-can-be-identified-chinese-facial-recognition

Misfits https://blog.reasonsecurity.com/2020/03/09/covid-19-info-stealer-the-map-of-threats-threat-analysis-report/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/czech-hospital-hit-by-cyber-attack-while-in-the-midst-of-a-covid-19-outbreak/ https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/200-million-us-database-leaked/ https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/eight-million-shopper-records/ https://www.ehackingnews.com/2020/03/users-can-now-use-2-step-verification.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chelsea-manning-ordered-released-jail-year-locked/story #surveillance #news #techlore