It was another week of social distancing or quarantine for most of the world, but Google published findings that it has seen 12 government-backed hacking groups undeterred by the pandemic and, in fact, trying to take advantage of those conditions for intelligence-gathering. Another report found that China, for one, has been busy during the pandemic hacking Uighurs’ iPhones in a recent months-long campaign.
We broke down how Apple and Google are using aggregate smartphone location data to visualize social distancing trends. And in an exclusive interview with WIRED, Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray warned that domestic terrorism is a growing threat in the United States.
On top of all the other digital threats, researchers emphasized this week that so-called "zero-click" hacks that don't require any interaction from users to initiate may be more prevalent and varied than most people realize. Such attacks are difficult to detect with current tools.
And there's more. Every Saturday we round up the security and privacy stories that we didn’t break or report on in depth but think you should know about. Click on the headlines to read them, and stay safe out there.
On Wednesday, the video conferencing service Zoom announced a number of small but needed security improvements. As Zoom usage has increased during the pandemic, so has scrutiny on the service's security and privacy offerings. This week's announcement of incremental improvements is part of a 90-day plan ..
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