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(Syria) Syria’s medical workers are still fighting for justice (Al Jazeera)

Houssam al-Nahhas On the 10th anniversary of the Syrian conflict, the regime’s attacks on healthcare workers remain unpunished. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/19/syrias-medical-workers-are-still-fighting-for-justice  

(Cybersecurity) Russian National pleads guilty to conspiracy to plant malware on Tesla systems (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The Russian national who attempted to convince a Tesla employee to plant malware on Tesla systems has pleaded guilty. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115770/cyber-crime/russian-man-malware-tesla.html

(Cybersecurity) Threat actors are attempting to exploit CVE-2021-22986 in F5 BIG-IP devices in the wild (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Cybersecurity experts warn of ongoing attacks aimed at exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking devices. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115760/hacking/f5-big-ip-attacks-cve-2021-22986.html

(Cybersecurity) Why Focusing on Container Runtimes Is the Most Critical Piece of Security for EKS Workloads? (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), a platform which gives customers the ability to run Kubernetes apps in the AWS cloud or on premises. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115755/security/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-eks.html

(Cybersecurity) Millions of sites could be hacked due to flaws in popular WordPress plugins (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Experts found vulnerabilities in two WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and potentially take over a website. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115750/hacking/wordpress-plugins-flaws.html

(Cybersecurity) CISA and FBI warn of ongoing TrickBot attacks (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini CISA and FBI are warning of ongoing TrickBot attacks despite security firms took down the C2 infrastructure of the infamous botnet in October. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115743/malware/cisa-fbi-trickbot-attacks.html

(Cybersecurity) Millions of People Can Lose Sensitive Data through Travel Apps, Privacysavvy reports (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115737/digital-id/travel-apps-data-exposure.html

(Innovation/Technology) Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Abodu, one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the...

(Innovation/Technology) Facebook showcases wrist-worn AR interface concept (Brookings)

Brian Heater Facebook’s hardware strategy often looks pretty opaque from the outside. The company has done fairly well with Oculus sales amid pandemic demand. Even...

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