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CYBER – Magecart Attack Convincingly Hijacks PayPal Transactions at Checkout (OODA)

A new credit card skimmer is utilizing postMessage to create convincing PayPal transactions that are illegitimate and steal payment data. The new credit card...

CYBER – Banned Baidu Apps Exposed ‘Sensitive’ Data On Millions Of Android Phones (OODA)

According to security researchers, two apps made by Chinese tech giant Baidu were leaking sensitive user data that left millions vulnerable to surveillance or...

CYBER – Delaware County Pays $500,000 Ransom After Outages (OODA)

Delaware County in Pennslyvania is currently in the process of dishing out half a million dollars to ransomware operators who took the parts of...

TECH – UK bans installation of new Huawei 5G equipment from September (OODA)

The UK government has reportedly released an update on their plans to phase out Huawei technology by 2027, now introducing a ban on the...

ERITREAN REFUGEES/ETHIOPIA – Food has run out for Eritrean refugees in Tigray camps, UN warns (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over the severe effect of food shortages on the nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees sheltering in camps in...

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Iraqi Kurdish authorities accused of torturing jailed journalist (Dana Taib Menmy, Al Jazeera)

Imprisoned Kurdish journalist Sherwan Amin Sherwani has been held in solitary confinement for nearly two months and was allegedly tortured by security forces in...

GLOBAL EYE – COVID-19 will increase humanitarian needs in 2021: UN (Al Jazeera)

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance to new highs, according to the United Nations, dramatically increasing...

DATA – Dal quarto potere al “Data Power” (Emilio Misuriello, The Science of Where Magazine)

https://www.thescienceofwheremagazine.it/2020/12/01/dal-quarto-potere-al-data-power/

IRAN – Iran’s Zarif warns of ‘misinformation’ over scientist’s killing (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of a “targeted misinformation campaign and psychological war” following the assassination of the country’s top nuclear...

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