Google Gives Cops Your Search Terms – Let the Frog-Boiling Commence - Security Boulevard

Google stands accused of agreeing to overly broad search warrants, which might violate the Fourth Amendment.

Federal law enforcement asked Google to tell them who searched for a particular address within certain dates.https://t.co/h2Z1lHv9N2

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 9, 2020

Chrome 86 is … HEY DevOps: Wake up and pay attention - TechBeacon

Google is proud to announce the birth of a bouncing baby browser. Behold: release 86 of @GoogleChrome, Larry and Sergey’s stupidly-popular web access app–cum #PWA platform. https://t.co/qq8Wi6NHxi

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 8, 2020

MosaicRegressor: ‘Chinese’ UEFI Bootkit Snoops on North Korean Foes - Security Boulevard

#Malware that infects below the level of the OS is the holy grail of persistence. It’s fiendishly hard to spot and harder still to remove. https://t.co/WO154hHGFI

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 6, 2020

Troy Hunt Flags Up ‘Sensational’ Sextortion Bug in Grindr - Security Boulevard

#Grindr, the popular dating app, had a ridiculous bug in its password-recovery flow.

“This is one of the most basic account takeover techniques I’ve seen,” blogged security researcher @TroyHunt. https://t.co/aq7P1zom0W

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 5, 2020