# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=122 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 123 --- ## [Sale of .Org Domain Registry Delayed By California Attorney General](https://onehack.st/t/sale-of-org-domain-registry-delayed-by-california-attorney-general/67859)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/sale-of-org-domain-registry-delayed-by-california-attorney-general/67859 "2020-02-01T05:44:35Z")
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sent a letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) demanding more information about the private equity takeover of the .org domain registry. The at… --- ## [Avast Closes Jumpshot Over Data Privacy Backlash](https://onehack.st/t/avast-closes-jumpshot-over-data-privacy-backlash/67776)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/avast-closes-jumpshot-over-data-privacy-backlash/67776 "2020-01-31T14:16:27Z")
Antivirus software giant Avast has announced that it will wind down one of its subsidiary businesses just days after leaked documents revealed the extent to which the Czech company was selling users’ browsing data to … --- ## [New Web Service Can Notify Companies When Their Employees Get Phished](https://onehack.st/t/new-web-service-can-notify-companies-when-their-employees-get-phished/67774)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-web-service-can-notify-companies-when-their-employees-get-phished/67774 "2020-01-31T14:13:35Z")
Starting today, companies across the world have a new free web service at their disposal that will automatically send out email notifications if one of their employees gets phished. From a report: The service is name… --- ## [Apple Removed 805 Apps in China From 2018 To 2019](https://onehack.st/t/apple-removed-805-apps-in-china-from-2018-to-2019/67771)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-removed-805-apps-in-china-from-2018-to-2019/67771 "2020-01-31T14:10:56Z")
In Apple’s latest transparency report accounting for the first half of 2019, the iPhone maker said it removed 288 apps from China’s iOS App Store for both legal and policy violations. The Apple Transparency Report goe… --- ## [Apple Wants To Standardize the Format of SMS OTPs (One-Time Passcodes)](https://onehack.st/t/apple-wants-to-standardize-the-format-of-sms-otps-one-time-passcodes/67770)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-wants-to-standardize-the-format-of-sms-otps-one-time-passcodes/67770 "2020-01-31T14:09:08Z")
WebKit team proposal aims to improve the security of one-time passcodes sent to users via SMS. Apple engineers have put forward a proposal today to standardize the format of the SMS messages containing one-time passc… --- ## [Google Says Its New Chatbot Meena is the Best in the World](https://onehack.st/t/google-says-its-new-chatbot-meena-is-the-best-in-the-world/67708)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-says-its-new-chatbot-meena-is-the-best-in-the-world/67708 "2020-01-31T06:28:03Z")
Google has released a neural-network-powered chatbot called Meena that it claims is better than any other chatbot out there. From a report: Meena was trained on a whopping 341 gigabytes of public social-media chatte… --- ## [Breach at Indian Airline SpiceJet Affects 1.2 Million Passengers](https://onehack.st/t/breach-at-indian-airline-spicejet-affects-1-2-million-passengers/67707)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/breach-at-indian-airline-spicejet-affects-1-2-million-passengers/67707 "2020-01-31T06:19:49Z")
SpiceJet, one of India’s largest privately owned airlines, suffered a data breach involving the details of more than a million of its passengers, a security researcher told TechCrunch. From the report: The security r… --- ## [Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook's Goal is No Longer To Be 'Liked'](https://onehack.st/t/mark-zuckerberg-says-facebooks-goal-is-no-longer-to-be-liked/67705)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mark-zuckerberg-says-facebooks-goal-is-no-longer-to-be-liked/67705 "2020-01-31T09:09:38Z")
Mark Zuckerberg sent a message to the public on Wednesday: Facebook is fine doing things that are unpopular, as long as people understand why. From a report: Facebook has come under scrutiny over its political advertis… --- ## [Feds Order Massive Number Of Tech Giants To Help Hunt Down One WhatsApp Meth Dealer](https://onehack.st/t/feds-order-massive-number-of-tech-giants-to-help-hunt-down-one-whatsapp-meth-dealer/67704)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/feds-order-massive-number-of-tech-giants-to-help-hunt-down-one-whatsapp-meth-dealer/67704 "2020-01-31T06:09:13Z")
As it struggles to get content from encrypted messenger apps and smartphones, the U.S. government is getting creative in how it tracks down criminal WhatsApp users, according to a search warrant uncovered by Forbes . Fr… --- ## [WHO Declares Global Health Emergency as Wuhan Coronavirus Continues To Spread](https://onehack.st/t/who-declares-global-health-emergency-as-wuhan-coronavirus-continues-to-spread/67703)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/who-declares-global-health-emergency-as-wuhan-coronavirus-continues-to-spread/67703 "2020-02-01T16:31:08Z")
The World Health Organization on Thursday declared an international public health emergency over the deadly new coronavirus that has hit China hard. From a report: The announcement c… --- ## [US Files Lawsuits Over Robocall Scams, Cites 'Massive Financial Losses'](https://onehack.st/t/us-files-lawsuits-over-robocall-scams-cites-massive-financial-losses/67612)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/us-files-lawsuits-over-robocall-scams-cites-massive-financial-losses/67612 "2020-01-30T12:05:40Z")
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday sued five U.S. companies and three individuals, alleging they were behind hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls that scammed elderly Americans and others into … --- ## [Germany Has Proof That Huawei Worked With Chinese Intelligence: Handelsblatt](https://onehack.st/t/germany-has-proof-that-huawei-worked-with-chinese-intelligence-handelsblatt/67610)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/germany-has-proof-that-huawei-worked-with-chinese-intelligence-handelsblatt/67610 "2020-01-30T12:01:43Z")
The German government is in possession of evidence that Huawei, the leading maker of telecoms network equipment, has collaborated with Chinese intelligence, the Handelsblatt daily reported on Wednesday. Reuters : “… --- ## [Oogle Has Paid Security Researchers Over $21 Million for Bug Bounties, $6.5 Million in 2019 Alone](https://onehack.st/t/oogle-has-paid-security-researchers-over-21-million-for-bug-bounties-6-5-million-in-2019-alone/67609)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/oogle-has-paid-security-researchers-over-21-million-for-bug-bounties-6-5-million-in-2019-alone/67609 "2020-01-30T11:58:11Z")
Google today announced it has paid out over $21 million since launching its bug bounty program in November 2010. In the past year alone, the company distributed $6.5 million to 461 different security researchers, almo… --- ## [Mozilla Moves To Monetize Thunderbird, Transfers Project To New Subsidiary](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thunderbird-transfers-project-to-new-subsidiary/67608)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thunderbird-transfers-project-to-new-subsidiary/67608 "2020-01-30T11:55:06Z")
The Mozilla Foundation announced today that it was moving its Thunderbird email client to a new subsidiary named the MZLA Technologies Corporation. From a report: Mozilla said that Thunderbird will continue to remain … --- ## [Horror Stories From Inside Amazon's Mechanical Turk](https://onehack.st/t/horror-stories-from-inside-amazons-mechanical-turk/67606)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/horror-stories-from-inside-amazons-mechanical-turk/67606 "2020-01-30T11:53:18Z")
The workers of Mechanical Turk, Amazon’s on-demand micro-task platform, say they have encountered mutilated bodies, graphic videos of botched surgeries, and what appeared to be child pornography. They say they have been … --- ## [Google is about to take on Slack and Teams with a new 'unified' communication app](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-about-to-take-on-slack-and-teams-with-a-new-unified-communication-app/67605)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-about-to-take-on-slack-and-teams-with-a-new-unified-communication-app/67605 "2020-01-30T11:42:51Z")
Google is working on an initiative to streamline its suite of mobile and browser-based apps for businesses into a singular experience, according to The Information. The app would combine Gmail, Drive, Hangouts Meet, and … --- ## [Why the UK is banning default passwords in IoT devices](https://onehack.st/t/why-the-uk-is-banning-default-passwords-in-iot-devices/67604)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/why-the-uk-is-banning-default-passwords-in-iot-devices/67604 "2020-01-30T11:40:22Z")
From washing machines and children’s toys to personal assistants, we are increasingly seeing more of our daily lives connected to the internet. In fact, research suggests by 2025 there will be 75 billion internet connec… --- ## [Leaked Report Shows United Nations Suffered Hack](https://onehack.st/t/leaked-report-shows-united-nations-suffered-hack/67550)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/leaked-report-shows-united-nations-suffered-hack/67550 "2020-01-30T05:41:17Z")
Sophisticated hackers infiltrated U.N. offices in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation, and their identity and the extent of the data they obtained is unknown. From a report: … --- ## [Google Temporarily Suspends Developers' Ability To Publish or Update Their Extensions On Chrome Web Store After Detecting 'At Scale' Fraudulent Transactions](https://onehack.st/t/google-temporarily-suspends-developers-ability-to-publish-or-update-their-extensions-on-chrome-web-store-after-detecting-at-scale-fraudulent-transactions/67549)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-temporarily-suspends-developers-ability-to-publish-or-update-their-extensions-on-chrome-web-store-after-detecting-at-scale-fraudulent-transactions/67549 "2020-01-30T05:36:59Z")
An anonymous reader writes: The Google security team has indefinitely suspended the publishing or updating of any commercial Chrome extensions on the official Chrome Web Store following a spike in the number of paid … --- ## [Paris Museums Put 60,000+ Historic Photos Online, Copyright-Free](https://onehack.st/t/paris-museums-put-60-000-historic-photos-online-copyright-free/67548)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/paris-museums-put-60-000-historic-photos-online-copyright-free/67548 "2020-01-31T14:38:41Z")
Paris Musees, a group of 14 public museums in Paris, has made a splash by releasing high-res digital images for over 100,000 artworks through a new online portal. All the works were released to the public domain (CC0, or… --- ## [Putin Forcing Apple to Preinstall Government Apps](https://onehack.st/t/putin-forcing-apple-to-preinstall-government-apps/67547)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/putin-forcing-apple-to-preinstall-government-apps/67547 "2020-01-30T05:29:48Z")
Apple Has a Putin Problem New legislation in Russia – known as the ‘law against Apple’ – mandates that smartphone makers must preinstall government apps that will give authorities acc… --- ## [Google Is Temporarily Shutting Down All China Offices Due To Coronavirus Outbreak](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-temporarily-shutting-down-all-china-offices-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/67546)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-temporarily-shutting-down-all-china-offices-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/67546 "2020-01-30T05:19:14Z")
Google is temporarily shutting down all of its China offices due to the coronavirus outbreak, as well as offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Verge reports: Currently, the offices are closed for the extended Lunar N… --- ## [Facebook To Pay $550 Million To Settle Facial Recognition Suit](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-to-pay-550-million-to-settle-facial-recognition-suit/67545)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-to-pay-550-million-to-settle-facial-recognition-suit/67545 "2020-01-30T05:14:46Z")
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source) over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois, “giving privacy groups a major … --- ## [Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For the First Time](https://onehack.st/t/lab-grown-heart-muscles-have-been-transplanted-into-a-human-for-the-first-time/67544)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/lab-grown-heart-muscles-have-been-transplanted-into-a-human-for-the-first-time/67544 "2020-01-30T05:11:37Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceAlert: On Monday, researchers from Japan’s Osaka University announced the successful completion of a first-of-its-kind heart transplant. Rather than replacing their pa… --- ## [Facebook Rolls Out Privacy Tool To Manage How You're Tracked Across the Web](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-rolls-out-privacy-tool-to-manage-how-youre-tracked-across-the-web/67378)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-rolls-out-privacy-tool-to-manage-how-youre-tracked-across-the-web/67378 "2020-01-29T04:46:26Z")
Facebook has been determined to give people privacy controls while they’re on the social network, but on Tuesday, it rolled out a long-promised tool that hopes to give people control from the social network. From a repor… --- ## [LabCorp Security Lapse Exposed Thousands of Medical Documents](https://onehack.st/t/labcorp-security-lapse-exposed-thousands-of-medical-documents/67377)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/labcorp-security-lapse-exposed-thousands-of-medical-documents/67377 "2020-01-29T04:41:59Z")
A security flaw in LabCorp’s website exposed thousands of medical documents, like test results containing sensitive health data. From a report: It’s the second incident in the past year after LabCorp said in June th… --- ## [Wawa Breach May Have Compromised More Than 30 Million Payment Cards 🌋](https://onehack.st/t/wawa-breach-may-have-compromised-more-than-30-million-payment-cards/67376)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/wawa-breach-may-have-compromised-more-than-30-million-payment-cards/67376 "2020-01-29T04:29:35Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs on Security: In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems may have led to the theft of… --- ## [White House Tells Airlines It May Suspend All China-US Flights Amid Coronavirus Outbreak](https://onehack.st/t/white-house-tells-airlines-it-may-suspend-all-china-us-flights-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/67374)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/white-house-tells-airlines-it-may-suspend-all-china-us-flights-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/67374 "2020-01-29T04:23:11Z")
The White House has told airline executives it’s considering suspending flights from China to the U.S. amid an escalating outbreak of a new coronavirus that has infected thousands of people across the world. CNBC reports… --- ## [Kali Linux 2020.1 Released with New Tools, adds Non-Root by Default & NetHunter Rootless Edition](https://onehack.st/t/kali-linux-2020-1-released-with-new-tools-adds-non-root-by-default-nethunter-rootless-edition/67373)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/kali-linux-2020-1-released-with-new-tools-adds-non-root-by-default-nethunter-rootless-edition/67373 "2020-01-29T04:02:13Z")
Kali Linux 2020.1 released with new tools, improvements to theme & kali-undercover, adds Non-Root by default and Kali single installer image. With the release as previously announced, Kali Linux moved to a traditiona… --- ## [ProtonVPN Open Sources All Its Code](https://onehack.st/t/protonvpn-open-sources-all-its-code/67247)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/protonvpn-open-sources-all-its-code/67247 "2020-03-27T11:27:54Z")
https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-Open-Source-Audited-Apps-Android-iOS-Windows-blog.png ProtonVPN open sourced its code this week, ZDNet reports: On Tuesday, the virtual private network (… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=121) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=123)