March 8

News/Trends

• Researchers Hack the ‘Unhackable’ Smart Car Alarm
• Now you can buy police-grade iPhone hacking tools on eBay

• Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor

• Serious Security: When randomness isn’t – and why it matters

• Zuck says Facebook is becoming more “privacy focused”

• #RSAC: How Machine Learning Can Bolster Email Threat Detection
• Breaches and Leaks Soared 424% in 2018

Law/Policy

• Security researchers identify Chinese hacking group

• Senate panel accuses Equifax of neglecting cybersecurity ahead of 2017 breach

• Security firm links extensive cyber espionage campaign to North Korean hacker group

• Tech mobilizes K Street in privacy fight

Technical

• Security Issues in Language-based Sofware Ecosystems

• Only Connect, Securely

• The Privacy Blanket of the Shuffle Model

• On the security of a Loidreau’s rank metric code based encryption scheme

Reports, Blogs, Etc.

• Hackable car alarms leave three million cars at risk of hijack

• Facebook Messenger bug made it possible for hackers to see who you have been chatting with
• Facebook isn’t letting you opt-out of having people search for you by your phone number

• Detecting Shoplifting Behavior

• Letterlocking

• Digital Signatures in PDFs Are Broken

• Hackers Sell Access to Bait-and-Switch Empire