Security News #97: Sea Shanty

with @djhardb, @infosecirvin, @KaitlynGuru, @sambowne, and Alan Wennersten.

Jan 22, 2021

Kaitlyn Handelman @KaitlynGuru

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a tiny $4 microcontroller running off the company’s very own chip KindleDrip — From Your Kindle’s Email Address to Using Your Credit Card Gigantic Asshole Ajit Pai Is Officially Gone. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Alan Wennersten

DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler FAA Files Reveal a Surprising Threat to Airline Safety: the U.S. Military's GPS Tests Instacart is cutting more than 1,800 jobs, including its only unionized workers

Sam Bowne @sambowne

As Adobe Flash stops running, so do some railroads in China Windows RDP servers are being abused to amplify DDoS attacks QR Code on Zoom Calls Rachel Tobac Sea Shanty

Irvin Lemus @infosecirvin

The Average American's Password Could Be Hacked in Under One Hour One in five companies admit to spying on remote workers without their knowledge Brave Web Browser Will Become the First To Offer Peer-To-Peer Networking Protocol ipfs://bafybeidtga2gf63gapfhpgx5p3ucxfkzvlqpmqn6bnvwkdetv46o6o5lqi/ How does IPFS Impact my Privacy? IPFS and privacy