Month: May 2020

GOOGLE DRIVE TAKES DOWN PERSONAL COPY OF “PLANDEMIC” If there was ever a time in history to pay attention, it’s now. It’s now obvious that we all need to keep our eyes and ears open […]

Facebook’s own research warned its algorithms exploit ‘divisiveness’ Facebook’s executives resisted internal efforts to make its platform less divisive, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company’s internal research found that its algorithms “exploit the human […]

YouTube blames bug for censoring comments on China’s ruling party For the past six months, YouTube has been automatically deleting two Chinese phrases that are frequently used to criticize the Communist Party of China (CCP). […]

Microsoft: Beware this massive phishing campaign using malicious Excel macros to hack PCs Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team has warned that it has been tracking a “massive” phishing campaign that attempts to install a remote access […]

Whose alternative facts? Facebook consigns PragerU to ‘reduced visibility’ purgatory after challenge to polar bear myth Conservative channel PragerU has been sidelined on Facebook after a clip challenging climate change dogma ran afoul of fact-checkers. […]

Original Xbox’s complete source code leaked online The original Xbox was a new frontier for modders and tinkerers, as the included hard drive made it easy to install unofficial dashboards and pirated games. Those enthusiasts […]

Volvo’s new cars now top out at 112MPH to limit speeding accidents Volvo has followed through on its promise to limit the top speed of its upcoming cars to 180 kilometers per hour (112 miles per hour). […]

Canada fines Facebook almost $6.5 million over ‘false’ data privacy claims Facebook is coughing up for another fine. This time the social network is handing over CAD$9 million (US$6.5 million / ￡5.3 million) to Canada […]

European Supercomputers Researching COVID-19 Outbreak Reportedly Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrency Many of the supercomputers that suffered “security incidents” over the last week were reportedly being used for conducting research on the novel coronavirus outbreak, work […]

Edison Mail iOS bug showed messages intended for other people Bugs in email clients aren’t unheard of, but they typically affect only those messages sent by or intended for you. Edison, however, had a more […]

France gives social media sites one hour to delete criminal content The internet has no shortage of illegal media and verbiage. Social media companies do what they can to soften the blow, but unsavory (and […]

YouTube CEO Admits Users Don’t Like Boosting Of “Authoritative” Mainstream Channels, But They Do It Anyway YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki admits that the company knows its users don’t like the video giant rigging its own […]

It’s not your connection — Slack is down Whether you’re used to working from home or are connecting remotely for pandemic-related reasons, this is not the time to be cut off from your team. Unfortunately, […]

Hacker group ‘ShinyHunters’ sells more than 73 MILLION user records on the dark web from 10 online services including the StarTibune and Zoosk More than 73 million user records have been stolen from a number […]

Twitter will add labels to tweets with misleading COVID-19 claims There's still a lot we don't know for sure about COVID-19, and incorrect information about the disease is still prevalent. To help clarify what's true […]

Thunderbolt flaw lets hackers steal your data in ‘five minutes’ Attackers can steal data from Thunderbolt-equipped PCs or Linux computers, even if the computer is locked and the data encrypted, according to security researcher Björn […]

Hackers sell over 73 million stolen user records on the dark web A string of data breaches is causing headaches for more than a few internet users. ZDNet has learned that the hacking group ShinyHunters […]

Hacker buys old Tesla parts on eBay, finds them full of user data Data can be retrieved even after owners perform a factory reset, researcher says. URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/05/hacker-mines-passwords-locations-and-more-from-retired-tesla-infotainment-gear/

GoDaddy confirms security breach affecting 28,000 hosting accounts GoDaddy has admitted to BleepingComputer that 28,000 customers’ hosting accounts had been compromised in a security breach. The company notified affected users through an email that an […]

Hack Brief: An Adult Cam Site Exposed 10.88 Billion Records … But when that company operates an adult livestreaming service, and that data comprises 7 terabytes of names, sexual orientations, payment logs, and email and […]

Valve will no longer support SteamVR on macOS In an unsurprising turn of events, Valve has announced that it is ending SteamVR support for macOS. Spotted by Apple Insider, the company made a terse announcement […]

Xiaomi Devices Found Tracking And Recording Browsing Data Of Millions Xiaomi has been tracking and recording an insane amount of private data, from user’s phone habits to queries in the Xiaomi’s default browsers. URL: http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/05/xiaomi-devices-found-tracking-and.html