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For the 127th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I start by looking at a story about an interesting unsecured server. Unlike many recent stories that mention insecure AWS or Azure servers at random companies, this one comes from Microsoft’s support.
Although the server has since been secured, it is worth double-checking that you are really chatting with the company should you be looking for support.
Following that story, we look at some vulnerabilities in Apple’s anti-Web-tracking features.
The third story is about Mozilla’s recent move in its battle against malicious browser extensions: banning about 200 add-ons from Firefox. From there, we jump into the dating pool with a story on Tinder’s panic button. It sounds like a good idea, but the app, Noonlight, is separate — and it’s sharing data with third-party brokers. So, in a nutshell, big data + dating = big marketing.
To close out the podcast, we head to the state of New York, where a proposed bill looks to ban municipalities from paying the ransom from ransomware attacks.
If you like what you heard, please consider sharing with your friends or subscribing. For more details on the stories from this week, please click the links below.
- Microsoft exposes 250 million call center records in privacy snafu
- Apple privacy tool exposed browsing data in Safari, say researchers
- Mozilla has banned nearly 200 malicious Firefox add-ons
- Tinder’s new panic button is sharing your data with ad-tech companies
- N.Y. could ban cities from paying ransomware attackers
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