Exposed Google keys leaves billions of users open to mass spam and phishing notifications https://cybernews.com/security/exposed-google-keys-leaves-billions-of-users-open-to-mass-spam-and-phishing-notifications/
Delete Your Old Accounts (If You Can) https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/delete-your-old-accounts/
White House announces creation of AI and quantum research institutes https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/26/white-house-announces-creation-of-ai-and-quantum-research-institutes/
A New Botnet Is Covertly Targeting Millions of Servers https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-botnet-is-covertly-targeting-millions-of-servers/
Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/cheap-chinese-smartphones-malware
Over a Billion Android Devices Are at Risk of Data Theft https://www.wired.com/story/over-a-billion-android-devices-are-at-risk-of-data-theft/
College contact-tracing app readily leaked personal data, report finds https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/college-contact-tracing-app-readily-leaked-personal-data-report-finds/
AI Company Leaks Over 2.5M Medical Records https://www.pcmag.com/news/report-ai-company-leaks-over-25m-medical-records
235 Million Instagram, TikTok And YouTube User Profiles Exposed In Massive Data Leak https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/08/19/massive-data-leak235-million-instagram-tiktok-and-youtube-user-profiles-exposed/
Researchers Can Duplicate Keys from the Sounds They Make in Locks https://kottke.org/20/08/researchers-can-duplicate-keys-from-the-sounds-they-make-in-locks
Alexa hack granted attackers access to an Echo user’s smart home network https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/16/alexa-hack-granted-attackers-access-to-an-echo-users-smart-home-network
NSA and FBI Expose Russian Previously Undisclosed Malware “Drovorub” in Cybersecurity Advisory https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/Article/2311407/nsa-and-fbi-expose-russian-previously-undisclosed-malware-drovorub-in-cybersecu/
Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a ‘new focus’ on making money https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363424/mozilla-layoffs-quarter-staff-250-people-new-revenue-focus
350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server https://cybernews.com/security/350-million-email-addresses-left-exposed-on-an-unsecured-server/
Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-taiwan-semiconductor-industry-skeleton-key/