# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=94 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 95 --- ## [Mozilla Extends its Google Search Deal ](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/100622)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/100622 "2020-08-13T15:56:26Z")
Mozilla and Google have extended their search deal for another three years, news outlet ZDNet reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with thee matter. Mozilla confirmed the news. From a report: The new search de… --- ## [Google Makes Building Android Apps on Chrome OS Easier](https://onehack.st/t/google-makes-building-android-apps-on-chrome-os-easier/100621)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-makes-building-android-apps-on-chrome-os-easier/100621 "2020-08-13T15:56:24Z")
Google today launched ChromeOS.dev, a new site that aims to help developers get started with building Android apps for the company’s Linux-based operating system. With today’s update, Google is also making it easier t… --- ## [TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned By Google ](https://onehack.st/t/tiktok-tracked-user-data-using-tactic-banned-by-google/100391)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tiktok-tracked-user-data-using-tactic-banned-by-google/100391 "2020-08-12T12:11:49Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MarketWatch: TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Google’s Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to… --- ## [Twitter's Reply-Limiting Feature is Now Available To Everyone](https://onehack.st/t/twitters-reply-limiting-feature-is-now-available-to-everyone/100390)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/twitters-reply-limiting-feature-is-now-available-to-everyone/100390 "2020-08-12T00:40:51Z")
Twitter is making one of its boldest experiments official. After months of testing, the company is bringing its reply-limiting feature, which allows users to control who can reply to their tweets, to all users. From a… --- ## [Snapdragon Digital Signal Processor unit has a major vulnerability, threatening a large number of Android devices](https://onehack.st/t/snapdragon-digital-signal-processor-unit-has-a-major-vulnerability-threatening-a-large-number-of-android-devices/100237)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/snapdragon-digital-signal-processor-unit-has-a-major-vulnerability-threatening-a-large-number-of-android-devices/100237 "2020-08-10T14:49:49Z")
According to the latest research report released by a Check Point security company, the Snapdragon series processors owned by the well-known chip manufacturer Qualcomm have high-risk security vulnerabilities. Although… --- ## [Toshiba is officially out of the laptop business](https://onehack.st/t/toshiba-is-officially-out-of-the-laptop-business/100230)
**Author:** [@fd2013](https://onehack.st/u/fd2013)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/toshiba-is-officially-out-of-the-laptop-business/100230 "2020-08-10T14:14:45Z")
The company sold its remaining shares of its PC business to Sharp Toshiba quietly exited the laptop business once and for all last week, ending a 35-year run by transferring its remaining minority stake in its PC busi… --- ## [Bill Gates Weighs In on US Pandemic Response, Encryption, and Grilling Tech Executives](https://onehack.st/t/bill-gates-weighs-in-on-us-pandemic-response-encryption-and-grilling-tech-executives/100102)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bill-gates-weighs-in-on-us-pandemic-response-encryption-and-grilling-tech-executives/100102 "2020-08-09T17:52:41Z")
Bill Gates gave a wide-ranging new interview to Wired’s Steven Levy (also republished at Ars Technica .) The interview’s first question: as a man who’d been warning about a pandemic for years, are you disappointed wit… --- ## [Countering Google, Microsoft Promises Its Own Open Source Service Mesh for the CNCF ](https://onehack.st/t/countering-google-microsoft-promises-its-own-open-source-service-mesh-for-the-cncf/100101)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/countering-google-microsoft-promises-its-own-open-source-service-mesh-for-the-cncf/100101 "2020-08-09T14:41:50Z")
“As controversy rages over the governance of Google’s Istio service mesh, Microsoft has seen an opportunity to offer a simple and truly open alternative,” reports InfoWorld: Microsoft has announced that it will releas… --- ## [From Exposure To Takeover | The 15 Billion Stolen Credentials Allowing Account Takeovers | Full Research](https://onehack.st/t/from-exposure-to-takeover-the-15-billion-stolen-credentials-allowing-account-takeovers-full-research/100062)
**Author:** [@Parizaad](https://onehack.st/u/Parizaad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/from-exposure-to-takeover-the-15-billion-stolen-credentials-allowing-account-takeovers-full-research/100062 "2020-08-09T10:47:45Z")
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The average person uses some 191 services that require them to enter passwords or other credentials. That’s a lot to keep on top of, and it presents a huge problem if compromise occurs, particularly … --- ## [Microsoft Signals Renewed Interest In Windows With Latest Reshuffle](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-signals-renewed-interest-in-windows-with-latest-reshuffle/99989)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-signals-renewed-interest-in-windows-with-latest-reshuffle/99989 "2020-08-08T15:04:56Z")
Microsoft is making some significant changes to the way it runs its Windows organization this week, signaling a renewed focus on the operating system that made its name. The Verge reports: The software giant placed S… --- ## [Facebook Removes QAnon Conspiracy Group With 200,000 Members ](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-removes-qanon-conspiracy-group-with-200-000-members/99988)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-removes-qanon-conspiracy-group-with-200-000-members/99988 "2020-08-08T15:04:55Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Facebook has deleted a large group dedicated to sharing and discussing QAnon conspiracy theories. QAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy theory that a “deep st… --- ## [Massive Hack Hits Reddit](https://onehack.st/t/massive-hack-hits-reddit/99896)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/massive-hack-hits-reddit/99896 "2020-08-07T18:49:18Z")
A massive attack has hit Reddit today after at least tens of Reddit channels (subreddits) have been hacked and defaced to show messages in support of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, ZDNet reports. From the report: … --- ## [YouTube Will Stop Emailing Subscribers About New Videos Next Week](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-will-stop-emailing-subscribers-about-new-videos-next-week/99895)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-will-stop-emailing-subscribers-about-new-videos-next-week/99895 "2020-08-07T18:49:14Z")
A lot happens on YouTube, and the Google video site has for ages emailed subscribers that opted into alerts about new uploads and livestreams. YouTube is getting rid of these emails next week as very few people opened … --- ## [Black Hat: Hackers are using skeleton keys to target chip vendors](https://onehack.st/t/black-hat-hackers-are-using-skeleton-keys-to-target-chip-vendors/99858)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/black-hat-hackers-are-using-skeleton-keys-to-target-chip-vendors/99858 "2020-08-07T13:59:49Z")
Operation Chimera focuses on the theft of valuable intellectual property and semiconductor designs. Targeted attacks against semiconductor companies in Taiwan may not be well-known, but this does not mean the ripple … --- ## [Facebook Will Let Employees Work From Home Until July 2021 ](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-will-let-employees-work-from-home-until-july-2021/99857)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-will-let-employees-work-from-home-until-july-2021/99857 "2020-08-07T13:55:39Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Facebook is extending its work from home policy until July of next year, becoming the latest tech giant to commit to letting staff work remotely in response to the corona… --- ## [Apple Launches Public Beta of macOS Big Sur, Its Biggest Desktop OS Update in Years](https://onehack.st/t/apple-launches-public-beta-of-macos-big-sur-its-biggest-desktop-os-update-in-years/99778)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-launches-public-beta-of-macos-big-sur-its-biggest-desktop-os-update-in-years/99778 "2020-08-06T20:44:36Z")
The public beta of macOS Big Sur, the next major release of Apple’s Mac operating system, is now available. From a report: The new update brings a big visual overhaul to macOS while also adding a number of brand-new … --- ## [Massive 20GB Intel IP Data Breach Floods the Internet, Mentions Backdoors ](https://onehack.st/t/massive-20gb-intel-ip-data-breach-floods-the-internet-mentions-backdoors/99777)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/massive-20gb-intel-ip-data-breach-floods-the-internet-mentions-backdoors/99777 "2020-08-06T20:42:26Z")
FallOutBoyTonto writes: A leaker today posted on Twitter a link to a file sharing service that contains what an anonymous source claims is a portion of Intel’s crown jewels: A 20GB folder of confidential Intel intell… --- ## [Cluster of 295 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking Google and Bing Search Results](https://onehack.st/t/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results/99700)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results/99700 "2020-08-06T11:47:19Z")
An anonymous reader writes: \*More than 80 million Chrome users have installed one of 295 Chrome extensions that have been identified to hijack and insert ads inside Google and Bing search results. The malicious exten… --- ## [Facebook Must Better Police Online Hate, State Attorneys General Say](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-must-better-police-online-hate-state-attorneys-general-say/99698)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-must-better-police-online-hate-state-attorneys-general-say/99698 "2020-08-06T11:45:02Z")
Twenty state attorneys general on Wednesday called on Facebook to better prevent messages of hate, bias and disinformation from spreading, and said the company needed to provide more help to users facing online abuse. … --- ## [Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets To Manipulate Energy Markets](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-could-use-iot-botnets-to-manipulate-energy-markets/99551)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-could-use-iot-botnets-to-manipulate-energy-markets/99551 "2020-08-05T11:02:30Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: At the Black Hat security conference on Wednesday, \[researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology\] will present their findings, which suggest that high-wattage IoT … --- ## [Hacker Leaks Passwords For 900+ Enterprise VPN Servers](https://onehack.st/t/hacker-leaks-passwords-for-900-enterprise-vpn-servers/99550)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hacker-leaks-passwords-for-900-enterprise-vpn-servers/99550 "2020-08-05T16:53:01Z")
A hacker has published today a list of plaintext usernames and passwords, along with IP addresses for more than 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers. ZDNet reports: According to a review, the list includes: IP add… --- ## [Chrome and Edge Rise In Popularity. Firefox, Opera, and Safari Drop](https://onehack.st/t/chrome-and-edge-rise-in-popularity-firefox-opera-and-safari-drop/99321)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chrome-and-edge-rise-in-popularity-firefox-opera-and-safari-drop/99321 "2020-08-03T22:07:59Z")
July’s statistics from web analytics firm Net Applications showed continuing changes in the most frequently-used web browsers. Softpedia reports: Last month, Google Chrome increased its market share from 70.19% to 71… --- ## [Python Overtakes Java in New Language Popularity Ranking, As Rust Reaches Top 20](https://onehack.st/t/python-overtakes-java-in-new-language-popularity-ranking-as-rust-reaches-top-20/99162)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/python-overtakes-java-in-new-language-popularity-ranking-as-rust-reaches-top-20/99162 "2020-08-03T09:40:15Z")
“Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk’s language popularity rankings,” reports ZDNet: It’s the f… --- ## [YouTube Criticized For Ending Its Community Captions Feature](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-criticized-for-ending-its-community-captions-feature/99161)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-criticized-for-ending-its-community-captions-feature/99161 "2020-08-02T10:42:07Z")
Long-time Slashdot reader xonen quotes the Verge: YouTube plans to discontinue its community captions feature, which allowed viewers to add subtitles to videos, because it was “rarely used and had problems with spam/a… --- ## [Microsoft To Remove All SHA-1 Windows Downloads Next Week](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-to-remove-all-sha-1-windows-downloads-next-week/98747)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-to-remove-all-sha-1-windows-downloads-next-week/98747 "2020-07-30T20:46:39Z")
Microsoft announced this week plans to remove all Windows-related file downloads from the Microsoft Download Center that are cryptographically signed with the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1). From a report: The files… --- ## [Google's Web App Plans Collide With Apple's iPhone, Safari Rules ](https://onehack.st/t/googles-web-app-plans-collide-with-apples-iphone-safari-rules/98746)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/googles-web-app-plans-collide-with-apples-iphone-safari-rules/98746 "2020-07-31T07:34:44Z")
Google and Apple, which already battle over mobile operating systems, are opening a new front in their fight. How that plays out may determine the future of the web. From a report: Google was born on the web, and its… --- ## [Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites To Plant Fake Stories](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-broke-into-real-news-sites-to-plant-fake-stories/98647)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-broke-into-real-news-sites-to-plant-fake-stories/98647 "2020-07-30T12:00:32Z")
A disinfo operation broke into the content management systems of Eastern European media outlets in a campaign to spread misinformation about NATO. Wired reports: On Wednesday, security firm FireEye released a report o… --- ## [TikTok's New CEO Says Company Will Reveal How Its Algorithms Work](https://onehack.st/t/tiktoks-new-ceo-says-company-will-reveal-how-its-algorithms-work/98646)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tiktoks-new-ceo-says-company-will-reveal-how-its-algorithms-work/98646 "2020-07-30T12:00:30Z")
In his first public statement as CEO of TikTok, former Disney exec Kevin Mayer says the company will be releasing that code that drives its content-moderation algorithms so that experts can observe how its policies ar… --- ## [After India and US, Japan Looks To Ban TikTok and Other Chinese Apps](https://onehack.st/t/after-india-and-us-japan-looks-to-ban-tiktok-and-other-chinese-apps/98487)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/after-india-and-us-japan-looks-to-ban-tiktok-and-other-chinese-apps/98487 "2020-07-30T04:25:59Z")
A group of Japanese lawmakers is seeking to restrict the use of TikTok and other apps developed by Chinese firms, following in the footsteps of India, which has already blocked dozens of Chinese apps, and the U.S., wh… --- ## [Watch Now: Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook Top Execs Testify Before Congress in Historic Antitrust Hearing](https://onehack.st/t/watch-now-amazon-apple-google-and-facebook-top-execs-testify-before-congress-in-historic-antitrust-hearing/98486)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/watch-now-amazon-apple-google-and-facebook-top-execs-testify-before-congress-in-historic-antitrust-hearing/98486 "2020-07-29T17:51:12Z")
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