Month: January 2021

Google side with Hedge funds, wipes Play Store reviews of RobinHood by pissed off GameStop traders

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Google has removed a wave of negative reviews of popular stock-market trading apps targeted by furious investors. Platforms such as Robinhood have been hit after preventing independent traders buying GameStop and AMC shares. Users of a Reddit message board had managed to upset the market by buying the shares and inflating their value, hitting established Read more about Google side with Hedge funds, wipes Play Store reviews of RobinHood by pissed off GameStop traders[…]

ProtonMail, Tutanota among authors of letter urging EU to reconsider encryption rules

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Encrypted service providers are urging lawmakers to back away from a controversial plan that critics say would undercut effective data protection measures. ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota — all European companies that offer some form of encrypted services — issued a joint statement this week declaring that a resolution the European Council adopted on Dec. Read more about ProtonMail, Tutanota among authors of letter urging EU to reconsider encryption rules[…]

Robinhood, TD Ameritrade restrict buying of GameStop, AMC stock – shorters continue game, killing pumpers. Reps + Dems agree market manipulation. The shorters are big customers and are reloading their short positions.

Posted on by Robin Edgar

GameStop’s stock has continued to make big moves, briefly crossing $450 a share on Thursday, fueled by Reddit users collectively taking on the Wall Street establishment. But individual investors looking to make trades have faced multiple issues on trading sites and apps over recent days, with many experiencing service disruptions, according to Bloomberg. The frenzy Read more about Robinhood, TD Ameritrade restrict buying of GameStop, AMC stock – shorters continue game, killing pumpers. Reps + Dems agree market manipulation. The shorters are big customers and are reloading their short positions.[…]

Here comes the slander: Discord Bans r/WallStreetBets For Hate Speech Violations

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After kicking off a historic rally around GameStop stock that has incited the ire of hedge fund tycoons and the SEC, the r/wallstreetbets channel was banned from Discord on Wednesday over apparent hate speech violations. While some on Reddit were quick to speculate that the server had been taken down by hackers as part of Read more about Here comes the slander: Discord Bans r/WallStreetBets For Hate Speech Violations[…]

Solar material can ‘self-heal’ imperfections, new research shows

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A material that can be used in technologies such as solar power has been found to self-heal, a new study shows.The findings—from the University of York—raise the prospect that it may be possible to engineer high-performance self-healing materials which could reduce costs and improve scalability, researchers say.The substance, called antimony selenide (Sb2Se3), is a solar Read more about Solar material can ‘self-heal’ imperfections, new research shows[…]

Firefox 85 removes support for Flash and adds protection against supercookies

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Mozilla has released Firefox 85 ending support for Adobe Flash Player plugin and has brought in ways to block supercookies to enhance a user’s privacy. Mozilla, in a blog post, noted that supercookies are store user identifiers, and are much more difficult to delete and block. It further noted that the changes it is making Read more about Firefox 85 removes support for Flash and adds protection against supercookies[…]

Decade-old bug in Linux world’s sudo can be abused by any logged-in user to gain root privileges

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Security researchers from Qualys have identified a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in sudo that can be exploited by rogue users to take over the host system. Sudo is an open-source command-line utility widely used on Linux and other Unix-flavored operating systems. It is designed to give selected, trusted users administrative control when needed. The Read more about Decade-old bug in Linux world’s sudo can be abused by any logged-in user to gain root privileges[…]

Fedora’s Chromium maintainer suggests switching to Firefox as Google yanks features in favour of Chrome

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Fedora’s maintainer for the open-source Chromium browser package is recommending users consider switching to Firefox following Google’s decision to remove functionality and make it exclusive to its proprietary Chrome browser.The comments refer to a low-key statement Google made just before the release of Chrome 88, saying that during an audit it had “discovered that some Read more about Fedora’s Chromium maintainer suggests switching to Firefox as Google yanks features in favour of Chrome[…]

Apple hit with another European class action over throttled iPhones

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A third class action lawsuit has been filed in Europe against Apple seeking compensation — for what Italy’s Altroconsumo consumer protection agency dubs “planned obsolescence” of a number of iPhone 6 models.The action relates to performance throttling Apple applied several years ago to affected iPhones when the health of the device’s battery had deteriorated — Read more about Apple hit with another European class action over throttled iPhones[…]

Dutch COVID-19 patient and testing data sold on the criminal underground

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Dutch police have arrested two individuals on Friday for allegedly selling data from the Dutch health ministry’s COVID-19 systems on the criminal underground. The arrests came after an investigation by RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan who discovered ads for Dutch citizen data online, advertised on instant messaging apps like Telegram, Snapchat, and Wickr. The ads consisted of Read more about Dutch COVID-19 patient and testing data sold on the criminal underground[…]

Myopia correcting ‘smart glasses’ from Japan to be sold in Asia – Snake Oil or …?

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Can a pair of unique spectacles banish nearsightedness without surgical intervention? Japan’s Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings says its wearable device can do just that, and it plans to start releasing the product in Asia, where many people grapple with myopia. The device, which the company calls Kubota Glasses or smart glasses, is still being tested. It Read more about Myopia correcting ‘smart glasses’ from Japan to be sold in Asia – Snake Oil or …?[…]

A Telegram Bot Is Selling Stolen Facebook User Info (500m of them1) for $20 a Pop

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The phone numbers (and corresponding site IDs) of some 500 million Facebook users now appear to be for sale on a dark web cybercrime forum. The criminal or group of criminals responsible have constructed a Telegram bot to act as a search function for the data. Potential buyers can now use the bot to sift Read more about A Telegram Bot Is Selling Stolen Facebook User Info (500m of them1) for $20 a Pop[…]

Tucows closes its once-popular software download site

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It was inevitable, really. In the early days of the internet, Tucows was known as a reliable place to find and download new software. Today, however, most people are happy to use a modern App Store — Microsoft and Apple both run their own — or navigate to developer websites directly. And if you’re looking Read more about Tucows closes its once-popular software download site[…]

Apple warns against putting an iPhone 12 too close to your pacemaker

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You probably don’t need someone to tell you that magnets and life-saving medical devices don’t mix, but Apple wants to make that patently clear. MacRumors has learned that Apple recently updated a support document to warn against keeping the iPhone 12 and MagSafe accessories too close to pacemakers, defibrillators and other implants that might respond Read more about Apple warns against putting an iPhone 12 too close to your pacemaker[…]

Clop ransomware gang clips sensitive files from Atlantic Records’ London ad agency The7stars, dumps them online

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A London ad agency that counts Atlantic Records, Suzuki, and Penguin Random House among its clients has had its files dumped online by a ransomware gang, The Register can reveal. The7stars, based in London’s West End, filed [PDF] revenues of £379.36m up from £326m, gross billing of £426m and net profit of £2.1m for the Read more about Clop ransomware gang clips sensitive files from Atlantic Records’ London ad agency The7stars, dumps them online[…]

GameStop Stock Breaks Records As Reddit Traders War With Short Sellers

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Struggling retailer GameStop’s stock curiously hit an all time high today. But it’s not because Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo suddenly decided to stop selling their games digitally. And it’s not because a new set of Funko Pops has taken the internet’s imagination by storm. No, the stock price jumped to an all-time high because some Read more about GameStop Stock Breaks Records As Reddit Traders War With Short Sellers[…]

Hackers Leak Data of 2.28 Million MeetMindful Users

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Millions of users of the dating site MeetMindful got some unpleasant news on Sunday. ZDNet reported that the hacker group ShinyHunters, the same group who leaked millions of user records for the company that listed the “Camp Auschwitz” shirts, has dumped what appears to be data from the dating site’s user database. The leak purportedly Read more about Hackers Leak Data of 2.28 Million MeetMindful Users[…]

£30-million injection for UK’s first uncrewed fighter aircraft

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The uncrewed combat aircraft will be designed to fly at high-speed alongside fighter jets, armed with missiles, surveillance and electronic warfare technology to provide a battle-winning advantage over hostile forces. Known as a ‘loyal wingman’, these aircraft will be the UK’s first uncrewed platforms able to target and shoot down enemy aircraft and survive against Read more about £30-million injection for UK’s first uncrewed fighter aircraft[…]

DNSPOOQ breaks dnsmasq allowing for cache poisoning, remote code execution and more

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The JSOF research labs are reporting 7 vulnerabilities found in dnsmasq, an open-source DNS forwarding software in common use. Dnsmasq is very popular, and we have identified approximately 40 vendors whom we believe use dnsmasq in their products, as well as major Linux distributions. The DNS protocol has a history of vulnerabilities dating back to Read more about DNSPOOQ breaks dnsmasq allowing for cache poisoning, remote code execution and more[…]

This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos

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Late last week, a website called Faces of the Riot appeared online, showing nothing but a vast grid of more than 6,000 images of faces, each one tagged only with a string of characters associated with the Parler video in which it appeared. The site’s creator tells WIRED that he used simple, open source machine-learning Read more about This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos[…]

WhatsApp Private Groups + user phone numbers Were Accessible Again to Anyone Searching on Google – a yearly event now

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WhatsApp groups are showing up on Google search yet again. As a result, anyone could discover and join a private WhatsApp group by simply searching on Google. This was first discovered in 2019, and was apparently fixed last year after becoming public. Another old issue, which also appeared to have been fixed but seems to Read more about WhatsApp Private Groups + user phone numbers Were Accessible Again to Anyone Searching on Google – a yearly event now[…]

AWS has been doing things that are ‘just NOT OK since 2015,’ says Elastic as firm yanks Apache 2.0 licence – FOSS blues

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Elastic CEO and co-founder Shay Banon has attacked AWS for what he claims is unacceptable use of the open-source Elasticsearch product and trademark. Banon’s post is part of the company’s defence of its decision to drop the open-source Apache 2.0 licence for its ElasticSearch and Kibana products and instead use the copyleft SSPL or restrictive Read more about AWS has been doing things that are ‘just NOT OK since 2015,’ says Elastic as firm yanks Apache 2.0 licence – FOSS blues[…]