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Activist hedge fund advises Intel to outsource CPU manufacturing

Third Point fund, led by Daniel Loeb, demands strategy shake up https://bit.ly/3n3QdY4

Corellium notches partial victory in Apple iOS copyright case

Security firm's actions both may and may not qualify under fair use, judge held. https://bit.ly/34TfWw7

CD Projekt Red investors sue company over Cyberpunk 2077 debacle

Players aren't the only ones angry about how the game's console versions launched. https://bit.ly/3aOklVd

2020 had its share of merorable hacks and breaches. Here are the top 10

The past 12 months teaches us that, yes, attacks do only get better. https://bit.ly/3mYt0GJ

Zero-click iMessage zero-day used to hack the iPhones of 36 journalists

Malicious messages installed spyware that recorded audio and pics and stole passwords. https://bit.ly/3nFAwaF

AT&T reportedly struggling to sell DirecTV at anything but a huge loss

AT&T told bidders it may cancel auction if offers don't improve, NY Post reports. https://bit.ly/3mLgsmk

How an obscure British PC maker invented ARM and changed the world

1987's Acorn Archimedes was the first production RISC-based personal computer. https://bit.ly/3atJyUD

Russia’s hacking frenzy is a reckoning

US still has no good answer for "supply chain" attacks that let Russia run wild. https://bit.ly/34xr8OS

Kazakhstan spies on citizens’ HTTPS traffic; browser makers fight back

Kazakhstan gov required citizens to install self-signed root certificate https://bit.ly/3haybCs

Microsoft president calls SolarWinds hack an “act of recklessness“

Of 18,000 backdoored servers, hackers followed up on only a few dozen. https://bit.ly/2KxXy4O

SolarWinds hack that breached gov networks poses a “grave risk” to the nation

Nuclear weapons agency among those breached by state-sponsored hackers. https://bit.ly/3nvsTUo

Amazon’s answer to SpaceX Starlink delivers 400Mbps in prototype phase

Amazon offers peek into development of antenna for Project Kuiper user terminal. https://bit.ly/2KfaCvZ

“Evil mobile emulator farms” used to steal millions from US and EU banks

Scale of operation is unlike anything researchers had seen before. https://bit.ly/3r5VEJp

Up to 3 million devices infected by malware-laced Chrome and Edge add-ons

Security firm identifies 28 malicious extensions hosted by Google and Microsoft. https://bit.ly/2WoV9vQ

SolarWinds hackers have a clever way to bypass multi factor authentication

Hackers who hit SolarWinds compromised a think tank three separate times. https://bit.ly/3oTUcbi

~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers

Russia-backed hackers use supply chain attack to infect public and private organizations. https://bit.ly/3818C2x

Russian hackers hit US government using widespread supply chain attack

Russia's Cozy Bear is trojanizing business software to infect organizations worldwide. https://bit.ly/383824a

Zodiac Killer cipher is cracked after eluding sleuths for 51 years

Northern California serial murderer sent encoded messages that went uncracked until now. https://bit.ly/3gSs2e5

Facebook says hackers backed by Vietnam’s government are linked to IT firm

Group is known for its robust, custom-made malware. IT firm says the link is a mistake. https://bit.ly/344DPAN

Working from home at 25MHz: You could do worse than a Quadra 700 (even in 2020)

Famously, Apple's Quadra 700 once helped track dinosaurs. Is it stuck in amber nowadays? https://bit.ly/3n59RE2

4 major browsers are getting hit in widespread malware attacks

Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Yandex are all affected in widespread ad-injection campaign. https://bit.ly/39UGYqu

Brave browser-maker launches privacy-friendly news reader

By design, Brave Today doesn't let the company or third parties build user profiles. https://bit.ly/372FcSj

COVID-19 vaccine data has been unlawfully accessed in hack of EU regulator

Hack of the European Medicines Agency affects vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. https://bit.ly/3oQl8J5

Pornhub blocks uploads and downloads in crackdown on child-sexual-abuse videos

Pornhub will only allow uploads by verified users, bans downloads of most videos. https://bit.ly/3mY1TfU

Security powerhouse FireEye says it was breached by nation-state hackers

The stunning revelation means an already advanced group has a new set of attack tools. https://bit.ly/3mZuVvI

Cloudflare, Apple, and others back a new way to make the Internet more private

New DNS technique separates address lookups from the people making them. https://bit.ly/3m6KJvz

GE puts default password in radiology devices, leaving healthcare networks exposed

Fixing the critical vulnerability isn’t straightforward and comes with its own risks. https://bit.ly/3gqGc5D

NSA says Russian state hackers are using a VMware flaw to ransack networks

Multiple VMware products are exploited in attacks that access Windows active directory. https://bit.ly/36T48vy

SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states

Charter also wins big; FCC fund will bring service to 5.2M homes and businesses. https://bit.ly/3goA1z8

Rusty but intact: Nazi Enigma cipher machine found in Baltic Sea

Enigma device stymied Allied intelligence until Alan Turing cracked it. https://bit.ly/3lPbRPy

Google parts with top AI researcher after blocking paper, faces blowback

Timnit Gebru’s exit reignites debate over diversity and free speech at tech group. https://bit.ly/3op0Y8K

Verizon has been leaking customers’ personal information for days (at least)

A bug in a customer chat feature shows transcripts of other people's chats. https://bit.ly/3omHr8U

Nation-state backed hackers going after COVID vaccine supply chain

Sophisticated operation is well-researched and well-placed, aimed at EU. https://bit.ly/2JNyWEY

One of the Internet’s most aggressive threats could take UEFI malware mainstream

New feature targets the most critical component of all modern-day computers. https://bit.ly/37BGDGy

iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit is one of the most breathtaking hacks ever

Before Apple patch, Wi-Fi packets could steal photos. No interaction needed. Over the air. https://bit.ly/3qgjPo6

Oracle vulnerability that executes malicious code is under active attack

Recently patched WebLogic security bug requires little skill and no authentication. https://bit.ly/2VrdHLD

Amazon to roll out tools to monitor factory workers and machines

Sensor, computer vision hardware come as tech giant pushes into industrial sector. https://bit.ly/2HXny8I

Does Tor provide more benefit or harm? New paper says it depends

Tor use is likely more harmful in "free countries," researchers say. Tor isn't so sure. https://bit.ly/37Cpi0b

WarGames for real: How one 1983 exercise nearly triggered WWIII

From the archives: Say hello to the KGB software model that forecasted mushroom clouds. https://bit.ly/33rOO73

AI can run your work meetings now

"Optimizing" meetings, from automated scheduling to facial recognition to measure attention. https://bit.ly/376hnYo

Comcast raising TV and Internet prices, including a big hike to hidden fees

Internet prices to rise $3 a month; "Broadcast TV" hidden fee going up $4.50. https://bit.ly/2J743eo

SpaceX Starlink engineers take questions in Reddit AMA—here are highlights

Starlink technology and the service's future covered in Q&A on Reddit. https://bit.ly/33vwjP9

OneWeb exits bankruptcy and is ready to launch more broadband satellites

OneWeb plans satellite launches in December and throughout 2021 and 2022. https://bit.ly/2V7FIb3

Comcast to enforce 1.2TB data cap in entire 39-state territory in early 2021

Data cap comes to 12 more US states over four years after everyone else got it. https://bit.ly/3pQqXrf

Robots invade the construction site

A new generation of machines is automating a tech-averse industry. https://bit.ly/372ybjj

Abusive add-ons aren’t just a Chrome and Firefox problem. Now it’s Edge’s turn

Edge users take to social media to report their Web searches are being hijacked. https://bit.ly/3fhBBSI

Google is testing end-to-end encryption in Android Messages

End-to-end encryption is growing in popularity. Google is getting on board. https://bit.ly/396e0TU

Massive, China-state-funded hack hits companies around the world, report says

Attacks are linked to Cicada, a group believed to be funded by the Chinese state. https://bit.ly/32WWJJe

FCC takes spectrum from auto industry in plan to “supersize” Wi-Fi

45MHz freed up in 5GHz band because automakers failed to widely deploy safety tech. https://bit.ly/3lJHQkP

Cisco rolls out fix for Webex flaws that let hackers eavesdrop on meetings

Security flaws found as Web conferencing spikes because of work-at-home routines. https://bit.ly/32ViAAJ