Convincing email-credentials phishing, emailed backdoors and mobile apps are all part of the groups latest effort against military and government targets. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The Federal Trade Commission today sued Facebook, alleging that the company is illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct. FTC: Following a lengthy investigation in cooperation with a coalition of attorneys general of 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, the complaint alleges that Facebook has engaged…

Wiz has raised $100 million since its January launch and plans to help businesses with visibility into cloud security threats. …read more Source:: DarkReading

At Chrome Dev Summit 2020 today, Google announced it will change how extensions access data and how extension permissions work in 2021. On January 18, a day before the release of Chrome 88, Google will require that every extension publicly display its privacy practices and will limit what developers can do with the data they…

Imagine having a surface mount kit that you’d like to stencil with solder paste and reflow solder, but which doesn’t come with a solder stencil. That was what faced [Honghong Lu], and she rose to the challenge by taking a piece of PET sheet cut from discarded packaging and hand-cutting her own stencil. It’s not…

Wayne Ma, reporting for The Information [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source]: In 2014, Apple executives became alarmed when China enacted a new labor law meant to protect workers’ rights. The law required that no more than 10% of a factory’s workforce be temporary workers. Typically these employees have fewer benefits and…

This year at re:Invent, AWS didn’t add any new databases to the portfolio. But it did take an important step in putting the pieces together. …read more Source:: ZDNet

From a dinosaur to a bit of Sherlock Holmes lore, some amazing extras are riding along on the trip to Mars. …read more Source:: CNet

There’s still time to find some sweet deals on a new laptop for the holidays. …read more Source:: CNet

YouTube is taking belated action on election misinformation: The company said it would now remove misleading videos that claim widespread fraud or other errors changed the outcome of the US presidential election. From a report: Google-owned YouTube announced that it would begin enforcing against this content on Wednesday, citing Tuesday’s safe harbor deadline for the…