Zack Whittaker
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Recent articles by Zack:
A DNS outage just took down a good chunk of the internet –
Akamai said it's fixed the issue and returning to normal operations. → Read More
This tool tells you if NSO’s Pegasus spyware targeted your phone –
The toolkit scans iPhone and Android backup files for evidence of a compromise. → Read More
New York City’s new biometrics privacy law takes effect –
The law will give New Yorkers greater protections over how their biometric data is collected. → Read More
Evernote quietly disappeared from an anti-surveillance lobbying group’s website –
What's even more strange is that nobody noticed for two years, not even Evernote. → Read More
A new ‘digital violence’ platform maps dozens of victims of NSO Group’s spyware –
Authoritarian governments have used NSO Group's spyware Pegasus to target their most outspoken critics. → Read More
An email sent by One Medical exposed hundreds of customers’ email addresses –
The primary care startup admitted the mistake was not caused by a security breach. → Read More
Indian tech startup exposed Byju’s student data –
A vendor's server storing data on students at Byju's was left on the internet without a password. → Read More
An internal code repo used by New York State’s IT office was exposed online –
The exposed GitLab server contained secret keys and passwords associated with servers and databases belonging to the New York state government. → Read More
A security bug in Google’s Android app put users’ data at risk –
Until recently, Google’s namesake Android app, which has more than five billion installs to date, had a vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to quietly steal personal data from a victim’s device. Sergey Toshin, founder of mobile app security startup Oversecured, said in a blog post that the vulnerability has to do with how […] → Read More
Google will let enterprises store their Google Workspace encryption keys –
The move will make a company's data indecipherable to Google. → Read More
Ring won’t say how many users had footage obtained by police –
The doorbell camera maker received over 1,800 legal demands during 2020. → Read More
CISA launches platform to let hackers report security bugs to US federal agencies –
The platform will allow hackers and security researchers to report vulnerabilities to government agencies. → Read More
Apple unveils new iOS 15 privacy features at WWDC –
Apple kicked off its global annual developer conference, WWDC, with a ton of new features and technologies. TechCrunch has all the coverage here from the keynote. As with previous years, Apple has dropped a number of new security and privacy features. New privacy dashboard keeps tabs on app tracking requests Apple is bringing a new […] → Read More
Supreme Court limits US hacking law in landmark CFAA ruling –
The ruling puts limits on what conduct can be prosecuted under U.S. hacking laws. → Read More
FireEye to sell products unit to Symphony-led group for $1.2B –
The all-cash deal is expected to close by the fourth quarter. → Read More
Peloton and Echelon profile photo metadata exposed riders’ real-world locations –
Location data wasn't stripped from user-uploaded profile photos. → Read More
Skiff, an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Docs, raises $3.7M seed –
Imagine if Google Docs was end-to-end encrypted so that not even Google could access your documents. That’s Skiff, in a nutshell. Skiff is a document editor with a similar look and feel to Google Docs, allowing you to write, edit and collaborate in real time with colleagues with privacy baked in. Because the document editor […] → Read More
Zocdoc says ‘programming errors’ exposed access to patients’ data –
Around 7,600 users across the U.S. are impacted by the security incident, the company said. → Read More
Malware caught using a macOS zero-day to secretly take screenshots –
Researchers warned that the bug was not limited to screen recording. → Read More
US towns are buying Chinese surveillance tech tied to Uighur abuses –
Hikvision and Dahua are accused of supplying Beijing with technology it uses to surveil ethnic groups. → Read More