Day: February 4, 2020

Researchers Find ‘Anonymized’ Data Is Even Less Anonymous Than We Thought

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Dasha Metropolitansky and Kian Attari, two students at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, recently built a tool that combs through vast troves of consumer datasets exposed from breaches for a class paper they’ve yet to publish. “The program takes in a list of personally identifiable information, such as a Read more about Researchers Find ‘Anonymized’ Data Is Even Less Anonymous Than We Thought[…]

Firefox now shows what telemetry data it’s collecting about you (if any)

Posted on by Robin Edgar

There is now a special page in the Firefox browser where users can see what telemetry data Mozilla is collecting from their browser. Accessible by typing about:telemetry in the browser’s URL address bar, this new section is a recent addition to Firefox. The page shows deeply technical information about browser settings, installed add-ons, OS/hardware information, Read more about Firefox now shows what telemetry data it’s collecting about you (if any)[…]

CIA Employee Accused Of Leaking Vault 7 cyber security tooling To WikiLeaks in 2017 Goes On Trial

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The trial of a former Central Intelligence Agency software engineer who allegedly leaked thousands of pages of documents to WikiLeaks was set to begin Monday in federal court in New York. The leak has been described as one of the largest in the CIA’s history. Joshua Schulte has pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal counts, Read more about CIA Employee Accused Of Leaking Vault 7 cyber security tooling To WikiLeaks in 2017 Goes On Trial[…]

Twitter Helps Spread Disinformation During Iowa Caucuses

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The Washington Post’s Tony Romm reported on Monday night that Twitter has decided it will allow certain right-wing accounts to spread disinformation about the Iowa Democratic Caucuses, including tweets that suggest the results are being “rigged.” Trump campaign manager Brad Pascal tweeted on Monday, “Quality control = rigged?,” citing a second Trump campaign official who Read more about Twitter Helps Spread Disinformation During Iowa Caucuses[…]

Twitter had a flaw allowing the discovery of phone numbers attached to accounts en masse. And it’s been used in the wild multiple times.

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Twitter has admitted a flaw in its backend systems was exploited to discover the cellphone numbers of potentially millions of twits en masse, which could lead to their de-anonymization. In an advisory on Monday, the social network noted it had “became aware that someone was using a large network of fake accounts to exploit our Read more about Twitter had a flaw allowing the discovery of phone numbers attached to accounts en masse. And it’s been used in the wild multiple times.[…]

F-35: a $400 Billion Stealth Fighter That Can’t Climb, accellerate, shoot straight or be resupplied using the mandatory software

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Here’s something the public didn’t know until today: If one of the U.S. military’s new F-35 stealth fighters has to climb at a steep angle in order to dodge an enemy attack, design flaws mean the plane might suddenly tumble out of control and crash. Also, some versions of the F-35 can’t accelerate to supersonic Read more about F-35: a $400 Billion Stealth Fighter That Can’t Climb, accellerate, shoot straight or be resupplied using the mandatory software[…]