ThreatPost – TikTok To Stop Clipboard Snooping After Apple Privacy Feature Exposes Behavior
“A new privacy feature in Apple iOS 14 sheds light on TikTok’s practice of reading iPhone users’ cut-and-paste data, even though the company said in March it would stop.”
BBCNews- How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco
“A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert negotiation witnessed by BBC News.”
Nakedsecurity – United States wants HTTPS for all government sites, all the time
“As well as saying all dot-gov sites should be available over HTTPS, the government wants to get to the point that all of its web servers are publicly committed to use HTTPS by default.”
BBCNews – Honda’s global operations hit by cyberattack
“Honda can confirm that a cyber-attack has taken place on the Honda network,” the Japanese car-maker said in a statement. It added that the problem was affecting its ability to access its computer servers, use email and otherwise make use of its internal systems. “There is also an impact on production systems outside of Japan,” […]
Bleepingcomputer – European supercomputers hacked in mysterious cyberattacks
“Several high-performance computers (HPCs) and data centers used for research projects have been shut down this week across Europe due to security incidents.”
De Tijd – HLB Belgium getroffen door ransomware
“Als HLB niet betaalt, zullen andere gestolen data ook gepubliceerd worden, waarschijnlijk in schijven om de druk geleidelijk op te voeren”
Bleepingcomputer – Scammers steal $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund
“Fraudsters running business email compromise scams were able to swindle Norfund, Norway’s state investment fund, out of $10 million.”
Knack – Digitale examens en buitensporige controle: de webcam als ongenode gast
“‘Er bestaan een hele reeks alternatieven om, zelfs vanop afstand, goed examen af te nemen én het valsspelen in te dijken’, schrijven vier docenten aan de VUB die een aantal vragen formuleren over de privacy van studenten bij het afnemen van digitale examens.”
VRTNWS – Universiteit Antwerpen verbiedt applicatie Zoom: “Kans op hacking is te groot”
“Het is al een tijdje bekend dat het niet de meest veilige app is”, zegt Peter De Meyer, woordvoerder van de UA. “Het kan blijkbaar gebeuren dat er tijdens gesprekken uit het niets pornografisch materiaal verschijnt. Er zijn via Zoom ook al computers gehackt en paswoorden gestolen. Dat gebeurde niet bij ons, maar we willen […]
GrahamCluley – Called to an urgent Zoom meeting with HR? It might be a phishing attack
“Don’t be too quick to click. Cybercriminals are exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic with social engineering techniques to trick unsuspecting users into clicking on malicious links.”