2022 - Week reads - 12

Mar 21, 2022 weekreads reading

This week read list,

• Clearview AI fined €20M for collecting Italians’ biometric data https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/clearview-ai-fined-20m-for-collecting-italians-biometric-data/

• Facebook allows war posts urging violence against Russian invaders https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-facebook-instagram-temporarily-allow-calls-violence-against-russians-2022-03-10/

• Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/128922/hacking/anonymouys-hacked-russian-roskomnadzor.html

• Analysts Rip Open RAN Hype From Reality https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/analysts-rip-open-ran-hype-from-reality/2022/03/

• Biden Answered the 3 a.m. Call https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/biden-answered-3-am-call/626976/

• RIPE NCC Response to Request from Ukrainian Government https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-response-to-request-from-ukrainian-government

• Towards a more Trustworthy Tor Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAnj0AgExAg

• Russia faces IT crisis with just two months of data storage left https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/russia-faces-it-crisis-with-just-two-months-of-data-storage-left/

• FTC to fine CafePress for cover up of massive data breach https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-to-fine-cafepress-for-cover-up-of-massive-data-breach/

• Intel will invest nearly $90 billion in Europe’s chipmaking industry https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/15/tech/intel-chips-europe/index.html

• Hundreds of GoDaddy-hosted sites backdoored in a single day https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hundreds-of-godaddy-hosted-sites-backdoored-in-a-single-day/

• BIG sabotage: Famous npm package deletes files to protest Ukraine war https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/big-sabotage-famous-npm-package-deletes-files-to-protest-ukraine-war/

• In a historic milestone, Azure Quantum demonstrates formerly elusive physics needed to build scalable topological qubits https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/azure-quantum-majorana-topological-qubit/

• Ethernet co-inventor David Boggs dies at 71 https://www.engadget.com/ethernet-co-inventor-david-boggs-dies-at-71-110524422.html

• New Backdoor Targets French Entities via Open-Source Package Installer https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/new-backdoor-targets-french-entities.html

• Anonymous leaked data stolen from Russian pipeline company Transneft https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129276/data-breach/anonymous-transneft-data-leak.html

• Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina’s entire population https://therecord.media/hacker-steals-government-id-database-for-argentinas-entire-population/

• Microsoft: Azure customer hit by record DDoS attack in August https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-azure-customer-hit-by-record-ddos-attack-in-august/

• Ericsson, Nokia accused of charging exorbitant fees to open networks https://www.lightreading.com/open-ran/ericsson-nokia-accused-of-charging-exorbitant-fees-to-open-networks/

• New Dell BIOS Bugs Affect Millions of Inspiron, Vostro, XPS, Alienware Systems https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/new-dell-bios-bugs-affect-millions-of.html

• Okta investigating claims of customer data breach from Lapsus$ group https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/okta-investigating-claims-of-customer-data-breach-from-lapsus-group/