Thursday 24th August 2017
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Germany: Microsoft Agrees to Stop Forcibly Downloading Windows Upgrades
After an 18-month legal battle with Germany's Baden-Würtenberg consumer rights center, Microsoft admitted to wrongdoing when it downloaded over 6GBs of data on user devices during its Windows 10 push in mid and late 2015.
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/24/germany-microsoft-agrees-stop-forcibly-downloading-windows-upgrades/
Pssst... wanna participate in a Google DeepMind AI pilot? Be careful
Imagine you're in charge of technology and data for part of the UK's chronically cash-squeezed National Health Service. A world-famous technology firm offers you a cool new service, either free or for very little money. All it wants in return is access to the patient data that will make the service work. What are you going to do?
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/24/pssst-wanna-participate-google-deepmind-ai-pilot-careful/
Justice agrees to narrow DreamHost warrant for disruptj20.org data
After web hosting provider DreamHost pressed the U.S. government in superior court over a warrant to access more than 1.3 million IP records of a website, the Justice Department backed off its request and modified the warrant to narrow its scope.
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/24/justice-agrees-narrow-dreamhost-warrant-disruptj20-org-data/
Vietnam Lands in Chinese Hackers' Sights Again
A hacking campaign is targeting large Vietnamese organizations—and is connected to the same party that previously targeted Vietnam Airlines back in 2016.
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/24/vietnam-lands-chinese-hackers-sights/
Raiffeisen Bank malware is phishing for your login credentials
You better stay on your toes when logging in to your account should you happen to be a client of Raiffeisen Bank – someone might be out to snatch your credentials.
https://thenextweb.com/security/2017/08/23/raiffeisen-bank-malware-phish-campaign/#.tnw_fNf1Gy0B |
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