Infoturve 2019/20 sügis

News

We are collecting links to the news that are relevant to the information security course. Contact us if you find something that should be added to the list. We give out bonus points for activity and providing info about interesting news is one way to show activity.

• 15.01.2020: Using your iPhone as a security key (two-factor authentication) for logging into Google account
  • Have an iPhone? Use it to protect your Google Account with the Advanced Protection Program
• 05.12.2019: Atlassian zero-day
  • Atlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter
• 12.11.2019: Facebook app on iOS had a bug that gave access to the camera
  • Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent camera access
• 12.11.2019: A new flaw found in 5G
  • New 5G flaws can track phone locations and spoof emergency alerts
• 08.11.2019: Vulnerabilities found in several popular Android phones
  • https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/08/android-baseband-flaws/
• 04.11.2019: Time of signing can be modified in the Estonian digital signature container
  • Q&A: Time of signing in the Estonian digital signature scheme
  • University of Tartu research: Europe needs to specify how digital signatures are given
  • Time of signing in the Estonian digital signature scheme
• 29.10.2019: Yet another Android malware
  • New 'unremovable' xHelper malware has infected 45,000 Android devices
• 28.10.2019: 2000 websites and a tv station in Georgia affected by a cyber attack
  • Georgia hit by massive cyber-attack
• 21.10.2019: Australian newspapers protest against press restrictions
  • Australian newspapers black out front pages in 'secrecy' protest
• 17.10.2019: Critical vulnerability in the fingerprint reader of Samsung Galaxy S10
  • Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone
• 24.09.2019: Matthew Green comparing before and after of the Snowden revelations
  • Looking back at the Snowden revelations
• 05.09.2019: Amazon AWS Outage
  • Amazon AWS Outage Shows Data in the Cloud is Not Always Safe
• 02.09.2019: Uyghurs were being targeted (both iOS and Android users)
  • Digital Crackdown: Large Scale Surveillance and Exploitation of Uyghurs
  • Watering Holes and Million Dollar Dissidents: the Changing Economics of Digital Surveillance
  • China hacked Asian telcos to spy on Uighur travelers: sources
• 30.08.2019: CEO fraud hits next level
  • Fraudsters Used AI to Mimic CEO’s Voice in Unusual Cybercrime Case
• 29.08.2019: How iOS devices are exploited in the real world
  • A very deep dive into iOS Exploit chains found in the wild
  • Google finds 'indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years'
• 29.08.2019: Signing key of a Facebook app got compromised
  • Cryptographic key used to sign one of Facebook's Android apps compromised
• 28.08.2019: Canada's government thinks about encryption backdoors
  • Government’s encryption proposal will undermine public safety
• 28.08.2019: Statement by Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association
  • Urgent Statement of HKISPA on Selective Blocking of Internet Services
• 27.08.2019: Malicious component found from a popular Android application
  • New Android Warning: 100M+ Users Installed App With Nasty Malware Inside—Uninstall Now

The news about relevant events during the previous semesters:

• spring of 2019 (some news are in Estonian)
• fall of 2018
• spring of 2018 (some news are in Estonian)
• fall of 2017
• spring of 2017 (some news are in Estonian)
• fall of 2016
• spring of 2016 (some news are in Estonian)
• fall of 2015
• spring of 2015
• fall of 2014