Lots of Star Wars, David Walden, Vulnerable Contractors, & Pirate Streaming – PSW #739
In the Security News for this week: Lessons from Star Wars on threats, more than just your thermal exhaust port, Pegasus spotted again, Python replaces JavaScript?, Read-Only containers, no problem for malware, breaking out of captive portals, its always DNS, except when its not DNS, but this time its DNS and uClibc, you are ordered to block these sites, ransomeware still hurts, DoD contractors remain vulnerable, hiding in network appliances, QUIETEXIT, & more!
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- 1. David Walden, Computer Scientist at Dawn of Internet, Dies at 79
- 2. QR code, app enabled elevator
- 3. CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders
- 4. Wyandotte County cyber attack went on for three days before being reported; officials not ‘laying out’ seriousness of it – The Heartlander
- 5. RFC 9116: A File Format to Aid in Security Vulnerability Disclosure
- 6. Cyber War Against Russia: Anonymous hacked 1.23 million emails from Elektrocentromontazh which is the primary power organization in Russia
- 7. Anonymous hacks into Russian energy companies, exposing over 1 million emails