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Angry Tech News #84: Guardrail Distraction

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date August 5, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:45 — 19.8MB)

A long overdue show! All the AI news you missed. Internet security is crap. Europe tries to make driving better. Google tries to make it worse.

Links:

Crowdstrike takes down the world
https://www.wired.com/story/crowdstrike-outage-update-windows/
Snowflake breach
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/threat-actors-exploited-windows-0-day-for-more-than-a-year-before-microsoft-fixed-it/
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/12/att-phone-records-stolen-data-breach/
Microsoft develops dangerous AI for the highest bidder
https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-speech-generator-reaches-human-parity-but-its-too-dangerous-to-release-scientists-say
Euro NCAP demands physical car controls
https://www.techspot.com/news/102134-car-makers-must-bring-back-physical-controls-if.html

Tags ai, cars, crowdstrike, enshittification, google, microsoft, security-breach

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Angry Tech News #81: Subscribe Firstborn

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date January 31, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:07 — 22.1MB)

Google admits what we all know, Apple faces the music (or at least a few notes), and HP and Ubisoft seek rent

Links

Google admits it collects user data in incognito mode
https://www.engadget.com/google-now-admits-it-could-collect-data-in-chromes-incognito-mode-103807146.html
Apple concedes almost an inch
https://www.engadget.com/apple-updates-us-app-store-guidelines-allowing-developers-to-link-to-third-party-payments-235836357.html
HP: “Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription”
https://www.pcgamer.com/our-long-term-objective-is-to-make-printing-a-subscription-says-hp-ceo-gunning-for-2024s-worst-person-of-the-year-award/
Ubisoft says gamers should just accept not owning their games
https://www.techspot.com/news/101534-ubisoft-wishes-gamers-would-accept-not-owning-their.html

Tags apple, chrome, epic, google, hewlett-packard, incognito, ubisoft

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Angry Tech News #80: Artist Proxy

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date January 3, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:19 — 22.3MB)

Apple wants to control your digital life, Google wants to control the entire internet, and artists finally get a weapon in the war against AI

Links

AI data poisoning tool “Nightshade”
https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-poisoning-tool-lets-artists-fight-back-against-ai-scraping-heres-how/

Apple makes biometrics authoritative with “Stolen Device Protection” feature
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/12/ios-17-3-stolen-device-protection-feature/

Google’s latest move to control the whole world-wide-web
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chromes-new-ip-protection-will-hide-users-ip-addresses/

Tags ai, apple, google, privacy, proxy, security

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Angry Tech News #79: Plan Malvertise

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date October 20, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:42 — 16.2MB)

Right to Repair in California, T-Mobile gets greedy, Google gets paid to install malware, and a WinRAR vulnerability

Links

CA Right to Repair SB 244 passed
https://www.ifixit.com/News/84491/california-right-to-repair-signed-into-law

T-Mobile migrates customers to new more expensive plans
https://tmo.report/2023/10/breaking-t-mobile-will-force-customers-onto-newer-plans-unless-you-opt-out/

Search malvertising
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-notepad-plus-plus-google-ads-evade-detection-for-months/
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/10/clever-malvertising-attack-uses-punycode-to-look-like-legitimate-website

Youtube starting to block users who use ad-blocker
https://www.techspot.com/news/100524-youtube-intensifies-fight-against-ad-blockers-users-frustrated.html

WinRAR vulnerability
https://www.techspot.com/news/100553-if-you-havent-downloaded-or-updated-winrar-since.html

Tags google, phishing, right-to-repair, t-mobile, winrar, youtube

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Angry Tech News #78: Houston Reactive

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date October 3, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:28 — 19.6MB)

T-Mobile failed update, Microsoft closes a loophole no one was using, Cruise cars meet Houston weather, and software developers hate diversity

Links:

Libwebp vulnerability assigned new maximum severity
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-assigns-new-maximum-rated-cve-to-libwebp-bug-exploited-in-attacks/

Libvpx vulnerability
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/

Exim vulnerabilities disclosed
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/critical-vulnerabilities-in-exim-threaten-over-250k-email-servers-worldwide/

T-Mobile faulty update exposes user info
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/t-mobile-screwup-caused-customers-to-see-other-users-billing-information/

Win7/8 upgrade to Win10 finally disabled
https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-official-no-more-free-windows-10-upgrades/

Houston Cruise vehicles hit streets with expected results
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/houston-cruise-self-driving-cars-18390306.php

Tags autonomous-vehicles, cruise, exim, google, libvpx, libwebp, t-mobile, vulnerability, windows-7, windows-8

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Angry Tech News #77: Whiz Factor

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date September 19, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:04 — 16.5MB)

Google defeats multifactor authentication, Pixel Watch is unrepairable, Ring sells a pet collar, Toyota learns the value of IT, and yet another vulnerability in the Internet

Links

Retool MFA defeated by Google convenience
https://retool.com/blog/mfa-isnt-mfa/

Pixel Watches are unrepairable
https://www.theverge.com/23874281/google-pixel-watch-cracks-no-repairs-warranty

Ring Pet Tag
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ring-launches-brand-pet-tag-141824261.html

Toyota manufacturing goes down. Dude named Ben about to get fired.
https://www.techspot.com/news/100067-toyota-insufficient-disk-space-blunder-brings-car-manufacturing.html

Critical WebP vulnerability
https://stackdiary.com/critical-vulnerability-in-webp-codec-cve-2023-4863/

Tags 2fa, authenticator, google, pixel-watch, retool, right-to-repair, ring, toyota, vulnerability, webp

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Angry Tech News #75: Plonked Stratum

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date September 5, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:38 — 18.0MB)

Breaches, breaches, breaches! Google solves meetings. And a Microsoft service becomes a liability in time

Links

UMich attack
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/30/um/70716806007/

Forever 21 breach
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/31/forever-21-data-breach-half-million/

Callaway breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/golf-gear-giant-callaway-data-breach-exposes-info-of-11-million/

Google Duet AI vs meetings
https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/31/googles-ai-will-go-to-your-boring-meetings-for-you-19423340/

Windows Secure Time feature
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/windows-feature-that-resets-system-clocks-based-on-random-data-is-wreaking-havoc/

Tags ai, callaway, forever21, google, meetings, microsoft, ntp, time, u-michigan

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Angry Tech News #71: Watchdog Trolling

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date August 1, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:33 — 12.4MB)

Google presents an existential threat to the open web. Plus, gaming news!

Links

Ubisoft update
https://www.techspot.com/news/99529-ubisoft-now-claims-wont-delete-inactive-accounts-purchased.html

Web Environment Integrity
https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues/28
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

Modern Warfare II matchmaking servers taken down due to worm
https://www.techspot.com/news/99573-hackers-infecting-modern-warfare-2-players-self-spreading.html
Blizzard: Any mod to Diablo IV will get a permanent ban
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/a-notice-regarding-unauthorized-game-modifying-software-in-diablo-iv/102121
Activision trolling cheaters, bans 14k accounts
https://www.techspot.com/news/99594-call-duty-bans-more-than-14000-cheaters-24.html
Pizza-scented controllers
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/24/pizza-scented-xbox-and-tmnt-mutant-mayhem-controller/

Tags activision-blizzard, apple, call-of-duty, drm, google, microsoft, pizza, ubisoft

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Angry Tech News #64: Flagrant Settlement

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date June 20, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:50 — 26.4MB)

MOVEit enterprise hack, Microsoft dumps original Xbox One, Google dumps Domains, Skript kiddies taste their own medicine, and Redd-idiocy 3: The Return to Reddit

Links

MOVEit hack catches dozens of big orgs with their pants down
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-moveit-transfer-zero-day-mass-exploited-in-data-theft-attacks/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/moveit-transfer-customers-warned-of-new-flaw-as-poc-info-surfaces/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/millions-of-oregon-louisiana-state-ids-stolen-in-moveit-breach/
Dammit, reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/14b5q1f/how_to_request_an_abandoned_community_or_a_mod/
https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/
https://www.techradar.com/opinion/the-reddit-blackout-has-left-google-barren-and-full-of-holes
Get in on Google Search settlement windfall!
https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-claim-your-share-of-googles-23-million-search-privacy-settlement
MSFT drops development for original Xbox One
https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-stops-development-of-games-for-older-xbox-one
Google Domains getting the axe
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-is-getting-rid-of-another-service
Pushing malware to people trying to download zero-day proof-of-concept exploits
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-zero-day-poc-exploits-on-github-push-windows-linux-malware/

Tags domains, google, malware, microsoft, moveit, reddit, search, xbox

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Angry Tech News #62: Authentic Swordplay

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date June 6, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:36 — 13.4MB)

Windows 11 becomes 1998-compliant, HP bricks thousands of printers, Android app updated into malware, Tesla thumbs nose at 35% of the world, Amazon ends a popular feature, Microsoft euthanizes Cortana, Chrome declares victory against http, and reddit destroys its own app ecosystem.

Links

Windows 11 to support .RAR natively
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/28-years-later-windows-finally-supports-rar-files/
HP released an automatic firmware update, bricks thousands of OfficeJet printers
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/hp-breaks-its-own-printers-again-with-firmware-update/
Tesla has canceled all right-hand-drive custom orders
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/tesla-customers-cancel-orders-after-rhd-model-s-model-x-sales-stop
Android screen recorder app update adds malware to phones
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/05/23/android-app-breaking-bad-legitimate-screen-recording-file-exfiltration/
Google to retire padlock icon for https sites
https://blog.chromium.org/2023/05/an-update-on-lock-icon.html
Amazon discontinues Alexa celebrity voices
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/30/23742109/amazon-alexa-celebrity-voices-discontinued
Microsoft quietly kills Cortana
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/283998/microsoft-kills-cortana-in-windows
Reddit charges for API; users hate this!
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/18/reddit-will-begin-charging-for-access-to-its-api/
https://redd.it/13xh1e7
https://www.pcmag.com/news/developer-says-access-to-reddits-api-would-cost-him-20m-per-year
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/05/reddit_blackout_planned_over_appkilling/
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/01/fidelity-reddit-valuation/

Tags alexa, chrome, cortana, google, hp, malware, rar, reddit, tesla, windows-11

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