Church Cyberattacks Expose Member Data, Plus 3 Stories
South Korean churches investigate breaches exposing member and donation data. Plus a critical Atlassian flaw, FICO layoffs, and Google’s new nuclear-power deal.
A Missed Patch Exposed FBI Staff, Plus 3 Stories
A missed PeopleSoft patch exposed sensitive FBI personnel data. Plus Google’s Spirit data bid, another exploited NetScaler flaw, and 400 AI-linked bank job cuts.
Your Car Is Talking to Big Tech, Plus 3 Stories
Connected cars and apps are sharing identifiers and location data with major tech companies. Plus exploited Zammad flaws, charging roads, and AI bug-report spam.
Apple Patches an Exploited iPhone Flaw, Plus 3 Stories
Apple patched an actively exploited CoreGraphics flaw affecting older iOS, iPadOS, and macOS branches. Plus data-center power shortcuts, Google’s EU privacy fight, and Anthropic’s unusually stark IPO risk disclosure.
Google Fined €403M Over Location Data, Plus 3 Stories
Google was fined €403 million over location-data practices. Also: actively exploited Veeam and Zyxel flaws, the FAA’s new SMART traffic AI, and Australia’s fight over AI training and copyright.
EU Proposes New Kids’ Tech Rules, Plus 4 Stories
The EU formally proposes child-tech rules spanning social media, games and AI; Cisco ISE is under active attack; Google gets an ad-tech remedy; Pixel patches a targeted zero-day; and Windows Server 2022 enters extended support.
Windows Patches Two Exploited Zero-Days, Plus 4 Stories
Microsoft’s September updates patch two actively exploited Windows privilege-escalation flaws. Plus Meta’s Muse agent, Adobe’s Magento zero-day hotfix, another exploited Chrome bug, and Google’s nuclear-backed Finland AI expansion.
N-central Needs Another Emergency Patch, Plus 3 Stories
N-able has released another emergency N-central hotfix for a pre-authentication RCE. Plus OpenAI’s research-intern milestone, Liquid’s $320 million incident, and AI contrail trials.
FBI Probes a 153M Driver’s License Trove, Plus 4 Stories
The FBI is investigating a dark-web trove claiming more than 153 million driver’s-license scans. Also: a C-Track court breach, grid stress from extreme heat, NYC’s school AI moratorium, and Google’s ad-tech antitrust remedies.
Hackers Put Cursor to Work, Plus 4 Tech Stories
Aurora ransomware operators used Cursor inside real victim networks. Today’s brief also covers a critical Avada update, an 8.7-million-person airport breach, Anthropic’s Pentagon court win, and Google’s EEA search-policy change.
Shopify’s Checkout Deadline Passed, Plus 4 Tech Stories
The Shopify checkout upgrade deadline for non-Plus stores has passed. Today’s brief also covers Meta’s teen-safety settlement, OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident report, Ring’s new encryption, and a Google Assistant settlement deadline.
Google Workspace Has a Deadline, Plus 2 Tech Stories
Google Workspace admins have an August 31 cleanup job, Disney and ABC are fighting the FCC over broadcast licenses, and the FDA is rethinking how medical AI should be tested.
aRTy News Weekly Podcast 2018-12-09
This week’s high value, low jargon tech news: Australia’s anti-privacy laws; Printers attacked for YouTuber, Eastern European banks hacked, Huawei does something good for deaf children and their parents, and much more
Weekly Podcast Digest for December 2, 2018
aRTy News Weekly Tech News Podcast Digest for December 2, 2018 – High Information Low Nerd Factor Tech News