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Three have been arrested for the twitter hack, the BootHole vulnerability creates bigger problems, and Rite Aid used facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5


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Twitter Hack:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21348974/twitter-spear-phishing-attack-bitcoin-scam

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/twitter-hackers-used-phone-spear-phishing-in-mass-account-takeover/

https://threatpost.com/twitter-hack-mobile-spearphishing-scam/157896/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/31/21349920/twitter-hack-arrest-florida-teen-fbi-irs-secret-service

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/three-individuals-charged-alleged-roles-twitter-hack

https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/twitter-hacker-arrested.html

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/florida-teen-arrested-charged-with-being-mastermind-of-twitter-hack/


BootHole:

https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/grub2-bootloader-vulnerability.html

https://threatpost.com/billions-of-devices-impacted-secure-boot-bypass/157843/

https://securityledger.com/2020/07/boothole-bootloader-flaw-breaks-security-on-most-linux-windows-devices/

https://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/boothole-attack-impacts-windows-and-linux-systems-using-grub2-and-secure-boot/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-distros-fix-new-boothole-bug/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/red-hat-and-centos-systems-arent-booting-due-to-boothole-patches/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/boothole-fixes-causing-boot-problems-across-multiple-linux-distros/


Face masks are thwarting surveillance / Rite Aid used facial recognition tech in stores:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/#riteaid-methodology

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/rite-aid-deployed-facial-recognition-in-hundreds-of-stores-report-finds/

https://threatpost.com/facial-recognition-flop-face-masks-thwart-virus-stump-security-systems/157821/

https://www.cnet.com/news/face-masks-are-thwarting-even-the-best-facial-recognition-algorithms-study-finds/


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Rite Aid Used Facial Recognition Cameras; BootHole Hits GRUB2 - ThreatWire

Three have been arrested for the twitter hack, the BootHole vulnerability creates bigger problems, and Rite Aid used facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5 Links: Support me on alternative platforms! https://snubsie.com/support Shop ThreatWire Merch Directly! - https://snubsie.com/shop Shop ThreatWire Merch on Teespring! - https://teespring.com/stores/shannons-store-24 http://www.youtube.com/ShannonMorse?sub_confirmation=1 -- subscribe to my tech channel! ThreatWire is only possible because of our Patreon patrons! Sign up now for ACTION ALERTS! Help me reach our next ThreatWire goal to unlock merch tiers and an audio podcast! https://www.patreon.com/threatwire Links: Twitter Hack: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21348974/twitter-spear-phishing-attack-bitcoin-scam https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/twitter-hackers-used-phone-spear-phishing-in-mass-account-takeover/ https://threatpost.com/twitter-hack-mobile-spearphishing-scam/157896/ https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/31/21349920/twitter-hack-arrest-florida-teen-fbi-irs-secret-service https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/three-individuals-charged-alleged-roles-twitter-hack https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/twitter-hacker-arrested.html https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/florida-teen-arrested-charged-with-being-mastermind-of-twitter-hack/ BootHole: https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/grub2-bootloader-vulnerability.html https://threatpost.com/billions-of-devices-impacted-secure-boot-bypass/157843/ https://securityledger.com/2020/07/boothole-bootloader-flaw-breaks-security-on-most-linux-windows-devices/ https://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/boothole-attack-impacts-windows-and-linux-systems-using-grub2-and-secure-boot/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-distros-fix-new-boothole-bug/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/red-hat-and-centos-systems-arent-booting-due-to-boothole-patches/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/boothole-fixes-causing-boot-problems-across-multiple-linux-distros/ Face masks are thwarting surveillance / Rite Aid used facial recognition tech in stores: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/#riteaid-methodology https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/rite-aid-deployed-facial-recognition-in-hundreds-of-stores-report-finds/ https://threatpost.com/facial-recognition-flop-face-masks-thwart-virus-stump-security-systems/157821/ https://www.cnet.com/news/face-masks-are-thwarting-even-the-best-facial-recognition-algorithms-study-finds/ Photo credit: Eclypsium -----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆ Our Site → https://www.hak5.org Shop → https://www.hakshop.com Subscribe → https://www.youtube.com/user/Hak5Darren?sub_confirmation=1 Support → https://www.patreon.com/threatwire Contact Us → http://www.twitter.com/hak5 Threat Wire RSS → https://shannonmorse.podbean.com/feed/ Threat Wire iTunes → https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/threat-wire/id1197048999 Host: Shannon Morse → https://www.twitter.com/snubs Host: Darren Kitchen → https://www.twitter.com/hak5darren Host: Mubix → http://www.twitter.com/mubix -----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆

Comments

veritanuda

Meh.. more a secure boot issue really. And given UEFI is broken by design I am not really terribly surprised. Coreboot can't come fast enough in my opinion.