That’s one way of making people check for updates A hapless IT bod found the Have I Been Pwned service (HIBP) answering its own question in a way he really didn’t want – after a breach report including a SQL string KO’d his company’s helpdesk ticket system.… …read more Source:: Register

Google’s TAG team says foreign nation-state hackers are going after the two US presidential candidates. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks represent a small percentage of email attacks, but disproportionately represent the greatest financial risk. …read more Source:: Threatpost

But many are willing to share private information in exchange for discounts and other benefits, according to a new Kaspersky study. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The end-to-end encryption feature will not be offered to free users, Zoom’s CEO said, in case Zoom needed to comply with federal and local law enforcement. …read more Source:: Threatpost

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Westech International provides maintenance for the Minuteman III nuclear-missile program and runs programs for multiple branches of the military. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Law enforcement officials across the U.S. have already revealed that they will leverage facial recognition technology to retroactively target protesters following the killing of George Floyd, with police asking the public for footage and photos. Against this backdrop, Signal is introducing a new feature that can automatically obfuscate faces shared within the encrypted messaging app,…

Rivian may have a Supercharger network rival in the works, perhaps called the “Rivian Adventure Network.” …read more Source:: CNet

The group behind CES plans to hold the enormous tech convention in person in Las Vegas next January, despite concerns that the coronavirus pandemic may still be a threat. The Consumer Technology Association has announced that it intends to give exhibitors a way to showcase their products “both physically in Las Vegas and digitally.” From…