Blog Digest May 2021

Blog Digest May 2021

These are the heated Cybersecurity Weeks

Marc Ruef
by Marc Ruef
on May 27, 2021
time to read: 4 minutes

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AI security risk assessment using Counterfit

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Amazon Sidewalk will create entire smart neighborhoods. Here’s what you should know

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A New Gene Editing Tool Rivals CRISPR, and Can Make Millions of Edits at Once

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Apple AirTag hacked again – free internet with no mobile data plan!

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Chinese smart TVs caught hoovering up data about devices on customers’ networks

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Cornell researchers see atoms at record resolution

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Cyberinsurance giant AXA hit by ransomware attack after saying it would stop covering ransom payments

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Don’t download this Microsoft Authenticator extension for Chrome: it is fake

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Google AI Researchers Are Dreaming Up a New Species of Search Engine

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Google is releasing Fuchsia OS, starting w/ 1st-gen Nest Hub

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Hardware hacker brings online multiplayer to the original Game Boy

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Hear ye, DarkSide! This honorable ransomware court is now in session

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How Hacking Became a Professional Service in Russia

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Insurer AXA says it will no longer cover ransomware payments in France

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Introducing WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in your browser

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Israeli military accused of using media to trick Hamas

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It began as an AI-fueled dungeon game. Then it got much darker

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Like ‘A Part of Their Body’: People Adapt to an Extra Thumb in Fascinating Experiment

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Linux 5.13 Reverts + Fixes The Problematic University of Minnesota Patches

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Major US oil pipeline shut down after ransomware attack

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One of the US’s largest insurance companies reportedly paid $40 million to ransomware hackers

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Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data

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Recovering ‘lost’ treasure-filled floppy discs with an oscilloscope

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Research findings that are probably wrong cited far more than robust ones, study finds

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Supply Chain Attacks: How To Reduce Open-Source Vulnerabilities

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Tencent Security Keen Lab: Experimental Security Assessment of Mercedes-Benz Cars

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The Fortnite Trial Is Exposing Details About the Biggest iPhone Hack on Record

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The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told

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Tired of Boring CAPTCHAs, This Developer Created a Doom-Themed One

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Using iPhones and AirTags to sneak data out of air-gapped networks

About the Author

Marc Ruef

Marc Ruef has been working in information security since the late 1990s. He is well-known for his many publications and books. The last one called The Art of Penetration Testing is discussing security testing in detail. He is a lecturer at several faculties, like ETH, HWZ, HSLU and IKF. (ORCID 0000-0002-1328-6357)

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