As attacks get seriouser and seriouser, when will we cross the threshold that guarantees war?
How China’s attack on Microsoft escalated into a “reckless” hacking spree
At first the Chinese hackers ran a careful campaign. For two months, they exploited weaknesses in Microsoft Exchange email servers, picked their targets carefully, and stealthily stole entire mailboxes. When investigators eventually caught on, it looked like typical online espionage—but then things accelerated dramatically.
Around February 26, the narrow operation turned into something much bigger and much more chaotic. Just days later, Microsoft publicly disclosed the hacks—the hackers are now known as Hafnium—and issued a security fix. But by then attackers were looking for targets across the entire internet: in addition to tens of thousands of reported victims in the US, governments around the world are announcing that they were compromised too. Now at least 10 hacking groups, most of them government-backed cyber-espionage teams, are exploiting the vulnerabilities on thousands of servers in over 115 countries, according to the security firm ESET.
While President Joe Biden contemplates retaliating against the Russian hackers whose attack on another software company, SolarWinds, became public in December, the Hafnium hack has become an enormous free-for-all, and its consequences could be even worse.
(Related) Being a ‘security partner’ would really help a hacker group.
Microsoft Probes Whether Leak Played Role in Suspected Chinese Hack
Microsoft Corp. is investigating whether the hackers behind a world-wide cyberattack may have obtained sensitive information necessary to launch the attack from private disclosures it made with some of its security partners, according to people familiar with the matter.
Wider implications?
https://www.pogowasright.org/google-must-face-suit-over-snooping-on-incognito-browsing/
Google Must Face Suit Over Snooping on ‘Incognito’ Browsing
Malathi Nayak and Joel Rosenblatt report:
Google failed to kill a lawsuit alleging that it secretly scoops up troves of internet data even if users browse in “Incognito” mode to keep their search activity private.
The consumers who filed the case as a class action alleged that even when even they turn off data collection in Chrome, other Google tools used by websites end up amassing their personal information. A federal judge on Friday denied the Alphabet Inc. unit’s initial request to throw out the case.
Read more on Bloomberg.
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https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-google-android-listening/
Your Phone Is Secretly Always Recording: How to Stop Google From Listening
Is your phone always listening to you? Does Google keep a log of everything you say? And if so, what can you do about it?
In an age where every device has a microphone and they're made by companies who love to track what you do, these are valid questions. Let's take a look at the facts behind Google's recordings and how to stop your phone from listening to you.
Hey, we scanned your text to teach computers to read, your voice messages to teach them to talk, your pictures to learn to recognize faces, so why not your home movies?
https://www.engadget.com/facebook-ai-video-training-user-videos-192132366.html
Facebook is using AI to understand videos and create new products
Facebook has taken the wraps off a project called Learning from Videos. It uses artificial intelligence to understand and learn audio, textual, and visual representations in public user videos on the social network.
… Facebook says it has already harnessed the tech to enhance Instagram Reels recommendations, such as surfacing videos of people doing the same dance to the same music. The system is showing improved results in speech recognition errors as well, which could bolster auto-captioning features and make it easier to detect hate speech in videos.
Because we remember when one meter resolution was the best we could do. Now better than 6 inches!
https://spacenews.com/umbra-15-centimeters/
Umbra advertises SAR imagery with 15-centimeter resolution
Radar satellite startup Umbra plans to capture imagery with a resolution as high as 15 centimeters per pixel thanks to a Federal Communications Commission license.
Tools.
https://www.makeuseof.com/essential-iphone-apps-for-writers/
5 Essential iPhone Apps for Every Writer
Mobile writing apps enable you to work on projects wherever you are. Whether you’re looking for a complex word processor or a minimalist note-taking app, these iPhone writing apps can help with your task.
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