Day: March 9, 2020

FYI: When Virgin Media said it leaked ‘limited contact info’, it meant p0rno filter requests, IP addresses, IMEIs as well as names, addresses and more

Posted on by Robin Edgar

In fact, the marketing database also contained some subscribers’ requests to block or unblock access to X-rated and gambling websites, unique ID numbers of stolen cellphones, and records of whichever site they were visiting before arriving at the Virgin Media website. This is according to British infosec shop Turgensec, which discovered the poorly secured Virgin Read more about FYI: When Virgin Media said it leaked ‘limited contact info’, it meant p0rno filter requests, IP addresses, IMEIs as well as names, addresses and more[…]

NASA declares Starliner mishap a “high visibility close call”

Posted on by Robin Edgar

After pondering the totality of issues that arose during a December test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft this week, NASA chief of human spaceflight Doug Loverro said Friday that he decided to escalate the incident. So he designated Starliner’s uncrewed mission, during which the spacecraft flew a shortened profile and did not attempt to dock Read more about NASA declares Starliner mishap a “high visibility close call”[…]

Open Source Small Nuclear Reactors Designs

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What would happen if everyone in the world had access to nuclear reactor blueprints? We’re about to find out. A mechanical engineer-turned-tech entrepreneur has plans to, well, empower people around the world to build their own 100-megawatt nuclear power reactors. That’s much larger than some of the modular reactors designed by nuclear startups, but still Read more about Open Source Small Nuclear Reactors Designs[…]

Utah has given all its camera feeds to an AI, turning it Into a Surveillance Panopticon

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The state of Utah has given an artificial intelligence company real-time access to state traffic cameras, CCTV and “public safety” cameras, 911 emergency systems, location data for state-owned vehicles, and other sensitive data. The company, called Banjo, says that it’s combining this data with information collected from social media, satellites, and other apps, and claims Read more about Utah has given all its camera feeds to an AI, turning it Into a Surveillance Panopticon[…]

Clearview AI: We Are ‘Working to Acquire All U.S. Mugshots’ From Past 15 Years

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Clearview AI worked to build a national database of every mug shot taken in the United States during the past 15 years, according to an email obtained by OneZero through a public records request. The email, sent by a representative for Clearview AI in August 2019, was in response to an inquiry from the Green Read more about Clearview AI: We Are ‘Working to Acquire All U.S. Mugshots’ From Past 15 Years[…]

Clearview AI Let Celebs, Investors Use Facial Recognition App for fun

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Creepy facial recognition firm Clearview AI—which claims to have built an extensive database from billions of photos scraped from the public web—allowed the rich and powerful to use its app as a personal plaything and spy tool, according to reporting from the New York Times on Thursday. Clearview and its founder, Hoan Ton-That, claim that Read more about Clearview AI Let Celebs, Investors Use Facial Recognition App for fun[…]

DuckDuckGo Made a List of Jerks Tracking You Online

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DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused tech company, today launched something called Tracker Radar—an open-source, automatically generated and continually updated list that currently contains more than 5,000 domains that more than 1,700 companies use to track people online. The idea behind Tracker Radar, first reported by CNET, is to share the data DuckDuckGo has collected to create a Read more about DuckDuckGo Made a List of Jerks Tracking You Online[…]

Hackers Can Clone Millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia Keys

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Over the past few years, owners of cars with keyless start systems have learned to worry about so-called relay attacks, in which hackers exploit radio-enabled keys to steal vehicles without leaving a trace. Now it turns out that many millions of other cars that use chip-enabled mechanical keys are also vulnerable to high-tech theft. A Read more about Hackers Can Clone Millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia Keys[…]

More than one billion Android devices at risk of malware threats, no longer being updated

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Based on Google data, two in five of Android users worldwide may no longer be receiving updates, and while these devices won’t immediately have problems, without security support there is an increased risk to the user. Our latest tests have shown how such phones and tablets, including handsets still available to buy from online marketplaces Read more about More than one billion Android devices at risk of malware threats, no longer being updated[…]

Virgin broadband ISP spills 900,000 punters’ records into wrong hands from insecure database

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Virgin Media, one of the UK’s biggest ISPs, on Thursday admitted it accidentally spilled 900,000 of its subscribers’ personal information onto the internet via a poorly secured database. The cableco said it “incorrectly configured” a storage system so that at least one miscreant was able to access it and potentially siphon off customer records. The Read more about Virgin broadband ISP spills 900,000 punters’ records into wrong hands from insecure database[…]