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Webkit zero-day exploit besieges Mac and iOS users with malvertising redirects

What’s a backup? Baltimore City IT kept data on local drives

German police seize “bulletproof” hosting data center in former NATO  bunker

Developer of Checkm8 explains why iDevice jailbreak exploit is a game changer

Feds say Boeing 737 needs to be better designed for humans

Nonprofit fights TV networks in court to keep free TV service alive

Unpatchable bug in millions of iOS devices exploited, developer claims

DoorDash hack spills loads of data for 4.9 million people

Vimeo sued for allegedly collecting facial biometrics without consent

AT&T vows to keep DirecTV despite losing millions of subscribers

Malicious pop-up ad apps slipped past Google Play security to reach millions

No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs from booting

High-severity vulnerability in vBulletin is being actively exploited

Magecart  skimmers seen targeting routers for customer Wi-Fi networks

Attackers used “one-click” exploits to target Tibetans’ iOS and Android phones

Russian national confesses to biggest bank hack in US history

IE zeroday under active attack gets emergency patch

Busy North Korean hackers have new malware to target ATMs

Coder deletes open source add-on for Chef in protest over ICE contract

Yahoo data-breach settlement: You’ll get $100, if you’re lucky

DOD media apologizes over tweet suggesting Area 51 “raiders” would be bombed

Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps in ongoing privacy investigation

Medicine show: Crown Sterling demos 256-bit RSA key-cracking at private event

iOS 13 ships with known lockscreen bypass flaw that exposes contacts

Payment card thieves hack Click2Gov bill paying portals in 8 cities

World’s most destructive botnet returns with stolen passwords and email in tow

In India, you don’t need a Google phone to have a Google Assistant

Iowa officials claim confusion over scope led to arrest of pen-testers

Can artificial intelligence make enterprise hybrid storage better?

AT&T considers getting rid of DirecTV as TV business tanks, WSJ reports

More evidence points to Iranian cruise missiles, drones in attack on Saudi oilfield

Advanced hackers are infecting IT providers in hopes of hitting their customers

Los Angeles partnership launches platform to help people catch phishes

In-the-wild DDoSes are abusing webcams and DVRs to amplify their crippling effects

Millions of Americans’ medical images and data are available on the Internet

Lawsuit: AT&T created fake customer accounts to boost DirecTV Now numbers

Video: DOD cancels redesigned “kill vehicle” program for ballistic missile defense

Missiles and drones that hit Saudi oil fields: Made in Iran, but fired by whom?

Password-exposing bug purged from LastPass extensions

WSJ: Amazon changed search results to boost profits despite internal dissent

New clues show how Russia’s grid hackers aimed for physical destruction

US sanctions North Korean hackers for WannaCry and dozens of other attacks

Verizon plans 5G Home Internet in every city where it deploys mobile 5G

Check the scope: Pen-testers nabbed, jailed in Iowa courthouse break-in attempt

Hackers are exploiting a platform-agnostic flaw to track mobile phone locations

AT&T expects to lose another 1.1 million TV subscribers this quarter

SpaceX says it will deploy satellite broadband across US faster than expected

18 months after indictment, Iranian phishers are still targeting universities

Debian 10: Playing catch-up with the rest of the Linux world (that’s a good thing)

Weakness in Intel chips lets researchers steal encrypted SSH keystrokes

Some Chromebooks mistakenly declared themselves end-of-life last week

Apple takes flak for disputing iOS security bombshell dropped by Google

Verizon’s 5G network isn’t good enough to cover an entire NFL stadium

Exploit for wormable Bluekeep Windows bug released into the wild

Android zeroday gives hackers a way to elevate attacks

A project aims to help ISPs to mind their routing security manners

Back to school: With latest attack, ransomware cancels classes in Flagstaff

600,000 GPS trackers for people and pets are using 123456 as a password

IoT botnet creator cops plea to hacking more than 800,000 devices

AT&T’s confusing mess of online TV services even has AT&T confused

“Everything as a service” is coming—but we’re not there quite yet

For the first time ever, Android 0-days cost more than iOS exploits

SpaceX satellite was on “collision course” until ESA satellite was re-routed

InvizBox 2 redefines what “privacy” routers can do

Antonio Neri and Hewlett-Packer Enterprise’s cultural revolution