Day: October 2, 2020

Researchers Mixed on Sanctions for Ransomware Negotiators

Financial institutions, cyber-insurance firms, and security firms have all been put on notice by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Aussie telco Telstra says soz after accidentally diverting traffic meant for encrypted email biz through its servers

Resource Public Key Infrastructure now, bellows ProtonMail Aussie telco Telstra has apologised after a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing oddity caused traffic destined for encrypted email service ProtonMail to wrongly pass through Telstra’s servers.… …read more Source:: Register


From The Pathless to Fantasian: All the Apple Arcade games we can’t wait to play – CNET

Apple Arcade adds more games every week. Here’s what we’re still waiting on and excited to play next. …read more Source:: CNet


Pixel Miss

Ben Wood and Geoff Blaber, commenting on Google’s new Pixel smartphones at research firm CCI Insight: Historically, Google has been one of the leaders in developing and implementing computational photography, mixing optics with digital sleight of hand to make imaging magic. And again, Google is promising great photography by using software smarts. The camera on…


Emotet Spoofs DNC in New Attack Campaign

Thousands of Emotet emails contain a message body pulled directly from the Democratic National Committee website, researchers report. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Revenues from in-app purchases swelled 32% to almost $30bn for Q3 2020 – and Apple snaffled most of it

Despite Android dwarfing the iPhone ecosystem Consumer spending within mobile apps surged in the third quarter of 2020, according to a new report from app analytics house Sensor Tower.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Apple’s new Airpods Pro spatial audio feature is here, and it lives up to the hype – CNET

Commentary: With the arrival of iOS 14, the AirPods Pro get virtual surround sound that’s surprisingly impressive. The small-screen video-watching experience just entered another dimension. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook Sues Two Chrome Extension Makers For Scraping User Data

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against two companies for creating and distributing malicious browser extensions that scraped user data without authorization from the Facebook and Instagram websites. From a report: Named in the lawsuit are BrandTotal, an Israeli-based company with a Delaware subsidiary, and Unimania, incorporated in Delaware. The two companies are behind UpVoice and…


American Murder: Netflix true-crime film uses all real footage, to chilling effect – CNET

Review: The disturbing documentary recounts Chris Watts’ murder of his pregnant wife and two young daughters via actual video, phone calls and text messages. …read more Source:: CNet


LatAm Banking Trojans Collaborate in Never-Before-Seen Effort

Eleven different malware families are coordinating on distribution, features, geo-targeting and more. …read more Source:: Threatpost