# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=100 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 101 --- ## [Apple Should Acquire DuckDuckGo To Put Pressure On Google Search, Analyst Argues](https://onehack.st/t/apple-should-acquire-duckduckgo-to-put-pressure-on-google-search-analyst-argues/91010)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-should-acquire-duckduckgo-to-put-pressure-on-google-search-analyst-argues/91010 "2020-06-09T11:08:36Z")
According to Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple should acquire privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo to put pressure on Google Search and tap into lucrative advertising revenue. 9to5Mac reports: \*According t… --- ## [Brave Browser Mistake Adds Its Referrer Code For Cryptocurrency Sites](https://onehack.st/t/brave-browser-mistake-adds-its-referrer-code-for-cryptocurrency-sites/90789)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/brave-browser-mistake-adds-its-referrer-code-for-cryptocurrency-sites/90789 "2020-06-08T12:49:32Z")
The following report appeared on Yahoo! Finance: Privacy-focused browser Brave was found to autocomplete several websites and keywords in its address bar with an affiliate code. Shortly after a user published his fin… --- ## [With No New Cases in 17 Days, New Zealand is Now Covid-19-Free](https://onehack.st/t/with-no-new-cases-in-17-days-new-zealand-is-now-covid-19-free/90787)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/with-no-new-cases-in-17-days-new-zealand-is-now-covid-19-free/90787 "2020-06-08T12:45:07Z")
Long-time Slashdot reader heretic108 writes: Following its “go early and go hard” lockdown regime, New Zealand’s active COVID-19 case count has now reached zero. Stringent border quarantine rules remain in place, howe… --- ## [EA Releases Source Code and 4K Remasters For Two 'Command and Conquer' Games](https://onehack.st/t/ea-releases-source-code-and-4k-remasters-for-two-command-and-conquer-games/90585)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ea-releases-source-code-and-4k-remasters-for-two-command-and-conquer-games/90585 "2020-06-07T10:55:13Z")
EA Games has just released The Command & Conquer Remastered Collection on Steam, described by Hot Hardware as two of the '90s-era real-time strategy games that “were incredibly popular in their day and are still pop… --- ## [New Java-Based Ransomware Targets Linux and Windows Systems](https://onehack.st/t/new-java-based-ransomware-targets-linux-and-windows-systems/90584)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-java-based-ransomware-targets-linux-and-windows-systems/90584 "2020-06-07T10:52:58Z")
“A newly uncovered form of ransomware is going after Windows and Linux systems,” reports ZDNet, “in what appears to be a targeted campaign.” Named Tycoon after references in the code, this ransomware has been active s… --- ## [How Iceland 'Virtually Eliminated' Its Coronavirus Cases](https://onehack.st/t/how-iceland-virtually-eliminated-its-coronavirus-cases/90582)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-iceland-virtually-eliminated-its-coronavirus-cases/90582 "2020-06-07T10:50:38Z")
Iceland is the most sparsely-populated country in Europe, with a population of 364,134 spread across 40,000 square miles (103,000 square kilometers). But the New Yorker notes Iceland has “virtually eliminated” Covid-19… --- ## [New Zoom Flaw Let Attackers to Hack into the Systems of Participants via Chat Messages](https://onehack.st/t/new-zoom-flaw-let-attackers-to-hack-into-the-systems-of-participants-via-chat-messages/90450)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-zoom-flaw-let-attackers-to-hack-into-the-systems-of-participants-via-chat-messages/90450 "2020-06-06T13:58:47Z")
Security researchers from Talos discovered two vulnerabilities with the popular Zoom video chatting that allows a malicious user in the conference to execute arbitrary code on victims’ machines. Zoom is a popular vid… --- ## [Apple publishes free resources to improve password security](https://onehack.st/t/apple-publishes-free-resources-to-improve-password-security/90448)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-publishes-free-resources-to-improve-password-security/90448 "2020-06-06T13:55:50Z")
The new tools are meant to help the developers of password managers and Apple hopes the tools will reduce the instances where users chose their own password rather than rely on the password manager. Apple has publishe… --- ## [Massive Hacking Campaign Targets WordPress Websites to Steal Database Credentials](https://onehack.st/t/massive-hacking-campaign-targets-wordpress-websites-to-steal-database-credentials/90447)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/massive-hacking-campaign-targets-wordpress-websites-to-steal-database-credentials/90447 "2020-06-06T13:52:57Z")
Cybercriminals launched more than 130 million attacks aiming to harvest database credentials from 1.3 million WordPress sites. In this massive attack campaign, cybercriminals used several plugin and theme vulnerabili… --- ## [Ransomware gang says it breached one of NASA's IT contractors](https://onehack.st/t/ransomware-gang-says-it-breached-one-of-nasas-it-contractors/90446)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ransomware-gang-says-it-breached-one-of-nasas-it-contractors/90446 "2020-06-06T13:52:55Z")
DopplePaymer ransomware gang claims to have breached DMI, a major US IT and cybersecurity provider, and one of NASA IT contractors. The operators of the DopplePaymer ransomware have congratulated SpaceX and NASA for t… --- ## [Over 13,000 Mobile Phones Found Running on Same IMEI Number in India](https://onehack.st/t/over-13-000-mobile-phones-found-running-on-same-imei-number-in-india/90444)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/over-13-000-mobile-phones-found-running-on-same-imei-number-in-india/90444 "2020-06-06T13:45:23Z")
Meerut police uncovered a security breach, where over 13,500 phones manufactured by Vivo found running with the same IMEI number. IMEI number known as International Mobile Equipment Identity, a 15-digit number used t… --- ## [Tor Browser 9.5 is available for download, with new interesting features](https://onehack.st/t/tor-browser-9-5-is-available-for-download-with-new-interesting-features/90443)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tor-browser-9-5-is-available-for-download-with-new-interesting-features/90443 "2020-06-06T13:43:22Z")
Tor Browser 9.5 includes important security updates to Firefox, users on desktop will be able to opt-in for using onion sites automatically whenever the website makes them available. Starting with the release of Tor Brow… --- ## [Here's a list of all the ransomware gangs who will steal and leak your data if you don't pay](https://onehack.st/t/heres-a-list-of-all-the-ransomware-gangs-who-will-steal-and-leak-your-data-if-you-dont-pay/90441)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/heres-a-list-of-all-the-ransomware-gangs-who-will-steal-and-leak-your-data-if-you-dont-pay/90441 "2020-06-06T13:40:42Z")
Ransomware gangs are getting more aggressive these days about pursuing payments and have begun stealing and threatening to leak sensitive documents if victims don’t pay the requested ransom demand. Starting with late… --- ## [Do You Use Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode? You May Be Eligible for $5K](https://onehack.st/t/do-you-use-google-chrome-s-incognito-mode-you-may-be-eligible-for-5k/90300)
**Author:** [@fd2013](https://onehack.st/u/fd2013)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/do-you-use-google-chrome-s-incognito-mode-you-may-be-eligible-for-5k/90300 "2020-06-06T19:20:39Z")
That’s a fair amount of money. If you’re an avid user of Google Chrome, you’re likely familiar with Incognito mode, which allows you to browse privately. And if you’ve used this particular mode within the past four y… --- ## [Google removes an Indian app that uninstall apps with links to China](https://onehack.st/t/google-removes-an-indian-app-that-uninstall-apps-with-links-to-china/90299)
**Author:** [@fd2013](https://onehack.st/u/fd2013)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-removes-an-indian-app-that-uninstall-apps-with-links-to-china/90299 "2020-06-05T17:25:29Z")
Google has deleted an app from the Play Store that offered to delete Android software associated with China. The app, created by Jaipur, India-based developer OneTouch AppLabs, purported to scan Android phones for an… --- ## [Mobile payment app BHIM leaked financial data of 7 million Indians](https://onehack.st/t/mobile-payment-app-bhim-leaked-financial-data-of-7-million-indians/90219)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mobile-payment-app-bhim-leaked-financial-data-of-7-million-indians/90219 "2020-06-05T19:51:48Z")
According to researchers, 409 GB worth of BHIM’s customer data was available on a public domain. A week ago Hackread reported how personal and sensitive data of 29 million Indian job seekers was leaked on the dark web.… --- ## [Zoom Wants To Work With FBI, Says, No End-To-End Encryption For Free Users](https://onehack.st/t/zoom-wants-to-work-with-fbi-says-no-end-to-end-encryption-for-free-users/90156)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/zoom-wants-to-work-with-fbi-says-no-end-to-end-encryption-for-free-users/90156 "2020-06-05T12:44:07Z")
Zoom , the mainstream video conferencing service has recently announced that it will no longer offer end-to-end encryption on free accounts. Initial reports suggest that Zoom took this step as it wants to work with l… --- ## [Instagram Just Threw Users of Its Embedding API Under the Bus](https://onehack.st/t/instagram-just-threw-users-of-its-embedding-api-under-the-bus/90077)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/instagram-just-threw-users-of-its-embedding-api-under-the-bus/90077 "2020-06-05T09:50:10Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Instagram does not provide users of its embedding API a copyright license to display embedded images on other websites, the company said in a Thursday email to Ar… --- ## [COVID-19 Crippled Movie Theaters and That Could Force Streamers To Be More Transparent About Viewership Data](https://onehack.st/t/covid-19-crippled-movie-theaters-and-that-could-force-streamers-to-be-more-transparent-about-viewership-data/90075)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/covid-19-crippled-movie-theaters-and-that-could-force-streamers-to-be-more-transparent-about-viewership-data/90075 "2020-06-05T09:47:50Z")
Sarah Whitten writes via CNBC: The coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the entertainment industry. With movie theaters shuttered, studios have been forced to either delay their film releases or turn to on-… --- ## [Anti-Racism Sites Hit By Wave of Cyberattacks](https://onehack.st/t/anti-racism-sites-hit-by-wave-of-cyberattacks/89935)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/anti-racism-sites-hit-by-wave-of-cyberattacks/89935 "2020-06-04T14:33:03Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Cyber-attacks against anti-racism organizations shot up in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a leading provider of protection services says. Cloudflare, which bl… --- ## [Google is Spy - Google’s Chrome has become spy software](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-spy-google-s-chrome-has-become-spy-software/89833)
**Author:** [@DavidGlover](https://onehack.st/u/DavidGlover)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-spy-google-s-chrome-has-become-spy-software/89833 "2021-07-26T20:41:39Z")
Latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into your browser in a single week. That’s why Firefox is better. I’m so Happy to hear Google sues for $5 billion, I already knew Google do… --- ## [Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit In US For Tracking 'Private' Internet Use](https://onehack.st/t/google-faces-5-billion-lawsuit-in-us-for-tracking-private-internet-use/89778)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-faces-5-billion-lawsuit-in-us-for-tracking-private-internet-use/89778 "2020-06-03T21:25:15Z")
Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in “pri… --- ## [The 50 Years of Crowd Control Research Police Are Ignoring](https://onehack.st/t/the-50-years-of-crowd-control-research-police-are-ignoring/89777)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-50-years-of-crowd-control-research-police-are-ignoring/89777 "2020-06-03T15:09:01Z")
Thelasko shares an excerpt from FiveThirtyEight: Researchers have spent 50 years studying the way crowds of protesters and crowds of police behave – and what happens when the two interact. One thing they will tell you… --- ## [Firefox 77 Arrives With Faster JavaScript Debugging and Optional Permissions](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-77-arrives-with-faster-javascript-debugging-and-optional-permissions/89657)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-77-arrives-with-faster-javascript-debugging-and-optional-permissions/89657 "2020-06-02T21:08:00Z")
An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla today launched Firefox 77 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 77 includes faster JavaScript debugging, optional permissions for extensions, and Pocket recommendations in the U.K. … --- ## [This is Online Learning's Moment. For Universities, It's a Total Mess](https://onehack.st/t/this-is-online-learnings-moment-for-universities-its-a-total-mess/89656)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/this-is-online-learnings-moment-for-universities-its-a-total-mess/89656 "2020-06-02T21:00:41Z")
Universities are struggling with online learning. And with social distancing here for some time, there are no easy solutions. From a report: As thousands of students logged into their university’s systems at the same… --- ## [Covid-19 Is History's Biggest Translation Challenge](https://onehack.st/t/covid-19-is-historys-biggest-translation-challenge/89655)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/covid-19-is-historys-biggest-translation-challenge/89655 "2020-06-02T21:00:39Z")
Services like Google Translate support only 100 languages, give or take. What about the thousands of other languages – spoken by people just as vulnerable to this crisis? From a report: If we want to avoid a pandemic … --- ## [Social Media Becomes Battleground Over Days of Street Protests](https://onehack.st/t/social-media-becomes-battleground-over-days-of-street-protests/89604)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/social-media-becomes-battleground-over-days-of-street-protests/89604 "2020-06-02T15:32:24Z")
Social media has become a central battleground for the protests across the U.S., with tech platforms amplifying tensions while also providing a real-time chronicle of the riots and police responses that might not have… --- ## [Coronavirus Patients Lose Senses of Taste, Smell -- and Haven't Gotten Them Back ](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-patients-lose-senses-of-taste-smell-and-havent-gotten-them-back/89602)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-patients-lose-senses-of-taste-smell-and-havent-gotten-them-back/89602 "2020-06-02T20:31:19Z")
https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/jumpstartpure/image?url=http://timeInc.brightcove.com.edgesuite.net/rtmp\_uds/1125866826/202003/3947/1125866826\_6144370672001\_6144368360001-vs.jpg An anonymous reader quotes a report f… --- ## ["archive.org" did Digital Piracy on Industrial Scale - Publishers](https://onehack.st/t/archive-org-did-digital-piracy-on-industrial-scale-publishers/89552)
**Author:** [@Experimental](https://onehack.st/u/Experimental)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/archive-org-did-digital-piracy-on-industrial-scale-publishers/89552 "2020-06-02T08:28:16Z")
Two Months ago Internet Archive Organization Released a National Emergency Library as a response to Pandemic for remote studies. Now, Several of the world’s largest publishers have sued the Internet Archive for its “e… --- ## [Ransomware team extorted $42 million from New York law firm, threatened to leak Trump scandal without giving money](https://onehack.st/t/ransomware-team-extorted-42-million-from-new-york-law-firm-threatened-to-leak-trump-scandal-without-giving-money/89519)
**Author:** [@Sarah](https://onehack.st/u/Sarah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ransomware-team-extorted-42-million-from-new-york-law-firm-threatened-to-leak-trump-scandal-without-giving-money/89519 "2020-06-02T01:56:06Z")
The criminal group behind REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware is extorting a New York law firm, threatening to release sensitive documents to the company’s celebrity clients unless the company pays a ransom of up to $42 mil… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=99) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=101)