Mon Jan 4 2021: Data misuse in cars, Apple's important court loss, N-Able-ing a poor brand choice, and SolarWinds roundup

Four things to know today

• Data misuse in new ways

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/snitches-wheels-police-turn-car-data-destroy-suspects-alibis-n1251939

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/30/nso-fleming-data-location/

• Apple loses a court case

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/apple-loses-court-case-against-security-vendor-corellium-559396

• Lessons from N-Able-ing a poor brand choice

https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/msps/solarwinds-msp-rebranding-as-n-able-amid-spin-out-plan/

AND

• A SolarWinds catchup

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/solarwinds-releases-updated-advisory-for-new-supernova-malware/

https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2020/12/31/microsoft-internal-solorigate-investigation-update/

https://www.techradar.com/news/us-government-agencies-told-to-patch-solarwinds-flaws-now

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/politics/russian-hacking-government.html

https://securityboulevard.com/2020/12/golden-saml-revisited-the-solorigate-connection/

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/solarwinds-hackers-targeting-cloud-services-unprecedented-cyberattack/

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/hacked-hacked-heres-hack-scale-better-understand-solarwinds-cyberattacks/

 

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