‘Deeply damaging and dangerous:’ List of victims of the Russian-linked SolarWinds hack keeps widening | Financial Post

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

The hackers using a backdoor in widely used SolarWinds software hacked at least three state governments, the U.S. nuclear weapons agency and Microsoft among others. PHOTO BY FRED TANNEAU/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
PHOTO BY FRED TANNEAU/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

—
https://financialpost.com/technology/russia-linked-solarwinds-hack-ensnares-widening-list-of-victims

Related

Exclusive: Microsoft breached in suspected Russian hack using SolarWinds

Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ SolarWinds hack, identifies 40 more precise targets – The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/17/22188060/microsoft-president-solarwinds-orion-hack-breach-brad-smith

Microsoft and industry partners seize key domain used in SolarWinds hack

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-industry-partners-seize-key-domain-used-in-solarwinds-hack/

Posted in Canada, Computers and Internet, international, military, News and politics, security | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Peter Nygard arrested, faces extradition to U.S. on sex assault, racketeering charges | CBC News

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Peter Nygard has been under investigation for allegations of sexual assault in Winnipeg, the U.S. and the Bahamas. (Annie I. Bang/The Associated Press)

—

Canadian fashion mogul arrested Monday night and currently being held at Winnipeg Remand Centre
CBC News · Posted: Dec 15, 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/peter-nygard-custody-1.5841839

Posted in justice, News and politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Canada’s provinces have filed opioid-related claims totalling $67.4-billion in U.S. court

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Jayne Turner holds a photo of her husband, Robert John Turner, in Grand Manan, N.B. on Oct. 9, 2019.

VIKTOR PIVOVAROV/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadas-provinces-have-filed-opioid-related-claims-totalling-67/

Posted in Canada, Financial, justice, News and politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lab-grown meat approved for sale for 1st time

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/lab-grown-meat-1.5824745

Posted in News and politics, Sustainability | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

UK Supreme Court enables $18.5 billion class action against Mastercard | Article| Reuters

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-mastercard-court-idUSKBN28L16J

Posted in international, justice, law, News and politics | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Online abuse prompts firm to pull out of federal government’s gun buyback program

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-online-threats-prompt-firm-to-pull-out-of-federal-governments-gun-buy/#c-image-0

Gun owners hold signs criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they participate in a rally organized by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights against the government’s new gun regulations, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 12, 2020.
JUSTIN TANG/THE CANADIAN PRESS

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-online-threats-prompt-firm-to-pull-out-of-federal-governments-gun-buy/

Posted in Canada, News and politics | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The US Government Says Facebook Needs To Sell Instagram And WhatsApp

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/us-government-facebook-monopoly-sell-instagram-whatsapp

Posted in Computers and Internet, international, News and politics, social media | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow denied bail after landmark sentencing

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chow-activist-hongkong-1.5833819

Posted in democracy, international, News and politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Project Zero: An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Dec 1 2020

A WiFi radio proximity vulnerability in Apple iOS when exploited allows running arbitrary code on any nearby iOS device and stealing all the photos and user data. iOS update 13.5 released in May 2020 fixes it.

https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2020/12/an-ios-zero-click-radio-proximity.html

Posted by Ian Beer, Project Zero

“Exploits are the closest thing to “magic spells” we experience in the real world: Construct the right incantation, gain remote control over device.”

Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, security | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reversal of biological clock restores vision in old mice

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://media.nature.com/lw800/magazine-assets/d41586-020-03403-0/d41586-020-03403-0_18648900.jpg

Mice with retinal-nerve damage can have their vision restored through cell reprogramming.Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty

Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03403-0?error=cookies_not_supported&code=46d18ad5-f886-4356-b3c4-47a3ec4bdcb3

Posted in medical, News and politics, Science & Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment