# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=96 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 97 --- ## ['Mozilla VPN' Launches in Six Countries](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-vpn-launches-in-six-countries/96891)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-vpn-launches-in-six-countries/96891 "2020-07-19T22:09:16Z")
“Starting today, there’s a VPN on the market from a company you trust,” Mozilla announced Wednesday. Mozilla VPN is now officially available for Windows and Android in six countries: the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Singa… --- ## ['Will 2020 Be The Year Of Rust In The Linux Kernel?' ](https://onehack.st/t/will-2020-be-the-year-of-rust-in-the-linux-kernel/96833)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/will-2020-be-the-year-of-rust-in-the-linux-kernel/96833 "2020-07-19T14:02:05Z")
An intriguing exchange happened on the Linux Kernel Mailing List after a post by Nick Desaulniers, a Google software engineer working on compiling the Linux Kernel with Clang (and LLVM). Hackaday reports: Nick simply… --- ## [Are Whiteboard Coding Interviews Just Testing For Social Anxiety? ](https://onehack.st/t/are-whiteboard-coding-interviews-just-testing-for-social-anxiety/96832)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/are-whiteboard-coding-interviews-just-testing-for-social-anxiety/96832 "2020-07-19T14:02:03Z")
An anonymous reader quotes The Register: People applying for software engineering positions at companies are often asked to solve problems on a whiteboard, under the watchful eye of an interviewer, as a way to assess… --- ## [The Untold Story of Silk Road, | The Dark Web Diaries 🚓](https://onehack.st/t/the-untold-story-of-silk-road-the-dark-web-diaries/96764)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-untold-story-of-silk-road-the-dark-web-diaries/96764 "2020-07-19T00:14:23Z")
--- ## [Cloudflare's 23-Minute Outage Today Also Took Down Major Web Sites](https://onehack.st/t/cloudflares-23-minute-outage-today-also-took-down-major-web-sites/96705)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cloudflares-23-minute-outage-today-also-took-down-major-web-sites/96705 "2020-07-18T13:48:40Z")
“Many major websites and services were unreachable for a period Friday afternoon due to issues at Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service,” reports TechCrunch: The outage seems to have star… --- ## [VPN With 'Strict No-Logs Policy' Exposed Millions of User Log Files](https://onehack.st/t/vpn-with-strict-no-logs-policy-exposed-millions-of-user-log-files/96704)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/vpn-with-strict-no-logs-policy-exposed-millions-of-user-log-files/96704 "2020-07-19T04:28:49Z")
New submitter kimmmos shares a report from BetaNews: An unprotected database belonging to the VPN service UFO VPN was exposed online for more than two weeks. Contained within the database were more than 20 million lo… --- ## [Who's Behind Wednesday's Epic Twitter Hack?](https://onehack.st/t/whos-behind-wednesdays-epic-twitter-hack/96563)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/whos-behind-wednesdays-epic-twitter-hack/96563 "2020-07-17T13:40:21Z")
Brian Krebs has written a blog post with clues about who may have been behind yesterday’s Twitter hack, which had some of the world’s most recognizable public figures tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. An anonymous … --- ## [Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking](https://onehack.st/t/iranian-spies-accidentally-leaked-videos-of-themselves-hacking/96562)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/iranian-spies-accidentally-leaked-videos-of-themselves-hacking/96562 "2020-07-17T13:35:42Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Researchers at IBM’s X-Force security team revealed today that they’ve obtained roughly five hours of video footage that appears to have been recorded directly from the … --- ## [1Hackers Don’t Let Your Obsession with Productivity Kill Your Creativity](https://onehack.st/t/1hackers-don-t-let-your-obsession-with-productivity-kill-your-creativity/96487)
**Author:** [@fd2013](https://onehack.st/u/fd2013)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/1hackers-don-t-let-your-obsession-with-productivity-kill-your-creativity/96487 "2020-07-17T01:42:03Z")
It’s a long article but it really worth it If you were to visualize a productive day, how would it look? Would it start with getting up early, checking off items on a to-do list, then taking a triple shot of Bulletpro… --- ## [Google Steers Users To YouTube Over Rivals](https://onehack.st/t/google-steers-users-to-youtube-over-rivals/96419)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-steers-users-to-youtube-over-rivals/96419 "2020-07-16T15:02:55Z")
A Wall Street Journal investigation found that Google gives its online video service YouTube the advantage when choosing the best video clips to promote from around the web. From the report: Take a clip of basketball… --- ## [Chrome 84 Arrives With SameSite Cookie Changes, Web OTP API and Web Animations ](https://onehack.st/t/chrome-84-arrives-with-samesite-cookie-changes-web-otp-api-and-web-animations/96418)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chrome-84-arrives-with-samesite-cookie-changes-web-otp-api-and-web-animations/96418 "2020-07-16T14:59:48Z")
An anonymous reader writes: Google today launched Chrome 84 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Chrome 84 resumes SameSite cookie changes, includes the Web OTP API and Web Animations API, and remove… --- ## [Google Is in Advanced Talks To Invest $4 Billion in Jio Platforms](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-in-advanced-talks-to-invest-4-billion-in-jio-platforms/96416)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-in-advanced-talks-to-invest-4-billion-in-jio-platforms/96416 "2020-07-16T14:57:56Z")
Google is in advanced talks to buy a $4 billion stake in Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s technology venture, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter, seeking to join rival Facebook… --- ## [How Starlink Will Change The Internet?](https://onehack.st/t/how-starlink-will-change-the-internet/96394)
**Author:** [@Appu\_Creationz](https://onehack.st/u/Appu_Creationz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-starlink-will-change-the-internet/96394 "2020-07-16T11:28:48Z")
Why SpaceX is Creating a Global Internet Service? SpaceX has been launching StarLink satellites into orbit since 2019, it’s Elon Musk’s ambitious project to provide high-speed Internet anywhere even to the most remote l… --- ## [Several High Profile Twitter Accounts Including Those of Bill Gates and Elon Musk Have Been Hijacked To Tweet Bitcoin Scams ](https://onehack.st/t/several-high-profile-twitter-accounts-including-those-of-bill-gates-and-elon-musk-have-been-hijacked-to-tweet-bitcoin-scams/96319)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/several-high-profile-twitter-accounts-including-those-of-bill-gates-and-elon-musk-have-been-hijacked-to-tweet-bitcoin-scams/96319 "2020-07-16T10:08:48Z")
Security researcher Marcus Hutchins reports: A bunch of high profile cryptocurrency Twitter accounts have been hijacked to tweet bitcoin scams. Likely a 3rd party App compromise rather that Twitter itself. People / o… --- ## [Is It Time To Kill the Penny?](https://onehack.st/t/is-it-time-to-kill-the-penny/96244)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/is-it-time-to-kill-the-penny/96244 "2020-07-15T12:00:19Z")
COVID-19 has constipated the economy and prompted the U.S. Mint to cut back on coin production to keep its workers safe. As NPR’s Greg Rosalsky writes, this could be a rallying cry for a long-running movement that has… --- ## [Huawei Fights Back ](https://onehack.st/t/huawei-fights-back/96243)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/huawei-fights-back/96243 "2020-07-15T16:56:46Z")
mspohr writes: Looks like Huawei is going to fight back against the U.S. for the sanctions it has imposed on the company… using the U.S. patent system, which recently made some changes to FRAND agreements (fair, reas… --- ## [Ubisoft Is Giving Everyone 'Watch Dogs 2' After a Giveaway Glitch ](https://onehack.st/t/ubisoft-is-giving-everyone-watch-dogs-2-after-a-giveaway-glitch/96146)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ubisoft-is-giving-everyone-watch-dogs-2-after-a-giveaway-glitch/96146 "2020-07-20T07:23:31Z")
Ubisoft announced on Monday that it will give away Watch Dogs 2 for free after a giveaway glitch made it harder for fans to get copies than they initially intended. Uproxx reports: Sunday’s Ubisoft Forward event was … --- ## [Google Announces 100,000 Scholarships for Online Certificates in Data Analytics, Project Management and UX](https://onehack.st/t/google-announces-100-000-scholarships-for-online-certificates-in-data-analytics-project-management-and-ux/96145)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-announces-100-000-scholarships-for-online-certificates-in-data-analytics-project-management-and-ux/96145 "2020-07-14T09:24:26Z")
Google today announced three new online certificate programs in data analytics, project management and user experience design. From a report: The certificates are created and taught by Google employees, do not require… --- ## [The Linux Team Approves New Neutral Terminology](https://onehack.st/t/the-linux-team-approves-new-neutral-terminology/96096)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-linux-team-approves-new-neutral-terminology/96096 "2020-07-12T12:07:45Z")
An anonymous reader quotes ZDNet: Linus Torvalds approved on Friday a new and more inclusive terminology for the Linux kernel code and documentation. Going forward, Linux developers have been asked to use new terms fo… --- ## [TIOBE's Surprisingly Popular Programming Languages: R, Go, Perl, Scratch, Rust, and Visual Basic 6](https://onehack.st/t/tiobes-surprisingly-popular-programming-languages-r-go-perl-scratch-rust-and-visual-basic-6/96095)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tiobes-surprisingly-popular-programming-languages-r-go-perl-scratch-rust-and-visual-basic-6/96095 "2020-07-12T12:04:47Z")
The R programming language is experiencing a surge in popularity “in the slipstream of Python,” according to this month’s TIOBE index, leaping into the top ten. “For historical context, we wrote of R’s spot in TIOBE n… --- ## [RELIGARE Suffered Major Data Breach – 5MILLION+ Records Leaked](https://onehack.st/t/religare-suffered-major-data-breach-5million-records-leaked/96078)
**Author:** [@cptsnowcrash](https://onehack.st/u/cptsnowcrash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/religare-suffered-major-data-breach-5million-records-leaked/96078 "2020-07-12T10:59:47Z")
A credible threat actor has come out who claimed to be in possession of confidential data of Religare Health Insurance – A health insurance firm established in June 2012, by Religare Enterprise Limited , Union Bank … --- ## [DuckDuckGo Restored in India, Responds to Favicon Concerns](https://onehack.st/t/duckduckgo-restored-in-india-responds-to-favicon-concerns/96033)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/duckduckgo-restored-in-india-responds-to-favicon-concerns/96033 "2020-07-11T20:25:10Z")
DuckDuckGo made the news twice this week. First its service was reinstated across India last Saturday, after being unreachable for nearly three days, for reasons which remain unclear. “We have contacted the Indian … --- ## [Is Twitter Shifting the Balance of Power From Companies to Their Employees? ](https://onehack.st/t/is-twitter-shifting-the-balance-of-power-from-companies-to-their-employees/96032)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/is-twitter-shifting-the-balance-of-power-from-companies-to-their-employees/96032 "2020-07-11T20:23:41Z")
Last week leaked audio surfaced of investors arguing that journalists have too much power. But the Verge’s Silicon Valley editor asks, “What if you take the whole discussion of “tech versus journalism” and reframe it… --- ## [Russian hacker found guilty for Dropbox, LinkedIn, and Formspring breaches](https://onehack.st/t/russian-hacker-found-guilty-for-dropbox-linkedin-and-formspring-breaches/95982)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/russian-hacker-found-guilty-for-dropbox-linkedin-and-formspring-breaches/95982 "2020-07-11T13:19:27Z")
A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for breaching the internal networks of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and then selling their user databases on the black market. The jury verdict wa… --- ## [Apple To Teach Teachers To Teach Coding For Free](https://onehack.st/t/apple-to-teach-teachers-to-teach-coding-for-free/95981)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-to-teach-teachers-to-teach-coding-for-free/95981 "2020-07-11T13:15:55Z")
theodp writes: From the Home Office in Cupertino: “Apple today announced a new set of tools to help educators teach coding to students from grade school to college. In addition to significant enhancements to the Devel… --- ## [Citrix Multiple High Risk Vulnerability Alert](https://onehack.st/t/citrix-multiple-high-risk-vulnerability-alert/95964)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/citrix-multiple-high-risk-vulnerability-alert/95964 "2020-07-11T12:20:36Z")
Recently, Citrix officially released multiple security vulnerability risk announcements in the Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP components. Vulnerability impact is high risk. Citrix Systems Inc. / … --- ## [Android 10 Had the Fastest Adoption Rate of Any Version of Android Yet ](https://onehack.st/t/android-10-had-the-fastest-adoption-rate-of-any-version-of-android-yet/95960)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/android-10-had-the-fastest-adoption-rate-of-any-version-of-android-yet/95960 "2020-07-11T12:06:23Z")
Google announced that Android is seeing the fastest adoption rates of any version of Android. The Verge reports: According to Google, Android 10 was installed on 100 million devices five months after its launch in Se… --- ## [AI Researchers Create Testing Tool To Find Bugs in NLP From Amazon, Google, and Microsoft ](https://onehack.st/t/ai-researchers-create-testing-tool-to-find-bugs-in-nlp-from-amazon-google-and-microsoft/95805)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ai-researchers-create-testing-tool-to-find-bugs-in-nlp-from-amazon-google-and-microsoft/95805 "2020-07-10T12:03:04Z")
AI researchers have created a language-model testing tool that discovers major bugs in commercially available cloud AI offerings from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Yesterday, a paper detailing the CheckList tool rece… --- ## [More Pre-Installed Malware Has Been Found In Budget US Smartphones ](https://onehack.st/t/more-pre-installed-malware-has-been-found-in-budget-us-smartphones/95799)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/more-pre-installed-malware-has-been-found-in-budget-us-smartphones/95799 "2020-07-10T11:47:35Z")
Pre-installed malware has been discovered on another budget handset connected to Assurance Wireless by Virgin Mobile. ZDNet reports: Back in January, cybersecurity researchers from Malwarebytes discovered unremovable… --- ## [Researchers connect Evilnum hacking group to cyberattacks against Fintech firms](https://onehack.st/t/researchers-connect-evilnum-hacking-group-to-cyberattacks-against-fintech-firms/95678)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/researchers-connect-evilnum-hacking-group-to-cyberattacks-against-fintech-firms/95678 "2020-07-09T14:09:19Z")
Evilnum has been detected in the wild since 2018 with links made between the advanced persistent threat (APT) group and attacks against financial technology firms. SECURITY Home router warning: They’re riddled with … [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=95) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=97)