General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

A partial fix mitigates the risk, but the lack of encryption and other weaknesses remain.
Publish Date: 3/31/2020
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Doing everything from home by video conference has its drawbacks and pitfalls.
Publish Date: 3/31/2020
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Pandemic shows Comcast could kill data caps forever without ruining its network.
Publish Date: 3/31/2020
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Kingdom sent US carrier millions of location requests through SS7.
Publish Date: 3/30/2020
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OneWeb says pandemic ended chance of getting enough funding for full launch.
Publish Date: 3/30/2020
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It's a good day for WireGuard users—DKMS builds will soon be behind us.
Publish Date: 3/30/2020
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Android API lets apps collect a list of all other installed apps, no permission needed.
Publish Date: 3/28/2020
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It's as if millions of sysadmins cried out and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Publish Date: 3/27/2020
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Download speeds fell at least slightly in 88 of 200 most populous US cities.
Publish Date: 3/27/2020
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Instead of bonus pay for risky work, techs get weekly $25 restaurant gift cards.
Publish Date: 3/27/2020
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Government-backed hackers target journalists, dissidents, gov't officials, and others.
Publish Date: 3/26/2020
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Attack, which uses DNS hijacking, is the latest to capitalize on pandemic anxiety.
Publish Date: 3/25/2020
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The proprietary filesystem vendor unleashed a '90s-level torrent of FUD yesterday.
Publish Date: 3/25/2020
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Verizon, AT&T waive mobile fees if you tell them pandemic hurt your finances.
Publish Date: 3/25/2020
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WildPressure uses malware and targets organizations not seen in other campaigns.
Publish Date: 3/25/2020
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Apps went undetected by Google and antivirus scanners.
Publish Date: 3/24/2020
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Black-owned TV network alleged racism in Comcast decision not to carry channels.
Publish Date: 3/24/2020
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Weakness allows attackers to steal browser cookies used to authenticate Netflix users.
Publish Date: 3/23/2020
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SpaceX now licensed to deploy 1 million of what Musk calls "UFOs on a stick."
Publish Date: 3/23/2020
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There's no patch available now. Here's what to do until Microsoft issues one.
Publish Date: 3/23/2020
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