Kiwi Stock Exchange DDoSed Again and Again (and Again) - Security Boulevard

Aotearoa Attack

NZX, the stock exchange in #NewZealand, has been suffering denial-of-service attacks for most of the week. The land of the long white cloud seems to have a powerful enemy. https://t.co/HzZPSPbzwp

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 28, 2020

Preinstalled mobile malware steals money in emerging markets - TechBeacon

Supply chain attack blamed

Smartphone users in emerging markets are being ripped off by suspiciously cheap handsets. Phones branded “@Tecnomobile”—made by Shenzhen Transsion Holdings—appear to be preinstalled with #malware. https://t.co/RI1HQO3lC5

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 27, 2020

Bridgefy FAIL: Insecure for Use in Protests - Security Boulevard

Feds Scoff At Your BT Mesh

Tale as old as time: @Bridgefy, a young naïve startup, builds quick and dirty app for use case A. Then many people use it for use case B, so the startup pivots to follow the market. https://t.co/OZDp090MFx

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) August 25, 2020