
In The News This Week
1 Bitcoin equals $29,999,49 United States Dollar
https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin
Gold Price Per Ounce $1,845.50
https://www.apmex.com/gold-price
Oil Price Per Barl $83.10
https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?type=wti
1 Dogecoin equals $0.1532 USD
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dogecoin/
This Week In Vulnerabilities:
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 10, 2022
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/bulletins/sb22-017
buffer overflow DoS attack in windows HTTP protocol stack
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21907
VICTORY: Google Releases “disable 2g” Feature for New Android Smartphones
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/victory-google-releases-disable-2g-feature-new-android-smartphones
This Week In Privacy Or Lack Thereof:
Revealed: UK Gov’t Plans Publicity Blitz to Undermine Privacy of Your Chats
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/revealed-uk-government-publicity-blitz-to-undermine-privacy-encryption-1285453/
Thanks to Karma/SMAG for the update on this story
Insurer of McDonald’s Operator Off Hook for Privacy Litigation
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/insurer-of-mcdonalds-operator-off-hook-for-privacy-litigation
IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/irs-will-soon-require-selfies-for-online-access/
This Week In Security:
Microsoft fixes Patch Tuesday bug that broke VPN in Windows 10 and 11
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/microsoft-fixes-patch-tuesday-bug-that-broke-vpn-in-windows-10-and-11/
REvil ransomware gang arrested in Russia
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59998925
If you Install Windows 11 with a local account instead of a Microsoft account it uses bitlocker, but keeps it in plaintext
https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1482859329858404352?t=pJfbJLB3fV3xOb7HJlCmrA&s=09
Miscellaneous Stories:
Cybersecurity conferences 2022: A rundown of online, in person, and ‘hybrid’ events
https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/cybersecurity-conferences-a-rundown-of-online-in-person-and-hybrid-events
zevlag feels the pain,
Google to free G Suite users: Pay up or lose your account
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-tells-free-g-suite-users-pay-up-or-lose-your-account/
McAfee Enterprise and FireEye are now called Trellix
https://www.zdnet.com/article/mcafee-enterprise-and-fireeye-are-now-called-trellix/
Silk: Proof of Pwnage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F18D7IXIz4U
Nine-year-old kids are launching DDoS attacks against schools
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/nine-year-old-kids-are-launching-ddos-attacks-against-schools/
Cool Tools We Found This Week:
Projects For This Week:
Thanks Praxaeus
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/arduino-circuits-electronics-morgan-claypool-books
Gater
https://www.crowdsupply.com/nabu-casa/home-assistant-yellow
Digital_Tinker
https://tasmota.github.io/docs/
https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/geeni-gnc-sw003-wifi-power-bar-tasmotized/87075/8
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