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2018-11-27 05:39:03 | Uber fined $1.1 million by UK and Dutch regulators over 2016 data breach (lien direct) | British and Dutch data protection regulators Tuesday hit the ride-sharing company Uber with a total fine of $1,170,892 (~ 1.1 million) for failing to protect its customers' personal information during a 2016 cyber attack involving millions of users.
Late last year, Uber unveiled that the company had suffered a massive data breach in October 2016, exposing names, email addresses and phone
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2018-11-23 13:52:00 | Community is key to open source success and possibly profit (lien direct) | Kubernetes is king because it put community first. The same strategy may pay off for commercial open source companies. | Uber | ||
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2018-11-20 12:00:00 | Airports Cracked Uber and Lyft-Time for Cities to Take Note (lien direct) | Airports serve as handy case studies for what happens when the cars show up, and how to beat them back again. | Studies | Uber | |
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2018-11-16 14:00:00 | Things I Hearted this Week - 16th November 2018 (lien direct) |
Collecting stories over the course of the week is always fun. You start reading one story, and before you know it you’re down the rabbit hole of technology, security, and privacy reading up papers on how scientists want to embed IoT devices in giraffes necks.
Fear not, I am here to strip away the mundane and irrelevant and bring you only the best in news, designed to make your heart flutter.
Why Google consuming DeepMind Health is scaring privacy experts
Google’s decision to bring DeepMind Health, the medical unit of the AI-powered company it acquired four years ago, closer to the mothership may leave 1.6 million NHS patients with “zero control” over where their personal data goes, experts say – while an independent body set up to oversee the protection of such data has been broken up.
While there’s not denying that there are huge benefits to be gained from better aggregation and analysis, but by whom, with what oversight, and where does it end?
Why Google consuming DeepMind Health is scaring privacy experts | Wired
In related Google news, the company has published its first quarterly transparency report with stats on the security of the Android ecosystem.
Android ecosystem security | Google
On a side note, maybe we give big data analytics too much credit sometimes.
User Behavior Analytics Could Find a Home in the OT World of the IIoT
UBA has been around in data-centric IT for at least four years, but it has never become industry-standard primarily because in the real world, user behavior in IT is so varied and complex that UBA often creates more false alarms than useful ones. In IT, UBA has often failed to find the dangerous needle in the immense haystack of user behavior. But user behavior in process-centric OT is much simpler: OT systems run the plant, and scripted user activity is nowhere near as varied as in IT, with its multiple endpoints and inputs, email browsing, multipart software stacks, etc.
User Behavior Analytics Could Find a Home in the OT World of the IIoT | Dark Reading
IT-to-OT Solutions That Can Bolster Security in the IIoT | Dark reading
Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths
SIM swapping attacks primarily target individuals who are visibly active in the cryptocurrency space. This includes people who run or work at cryptocurrency-focused companies; those who participate as speakers at public conferences centered around Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies; and those who like to talk openly on social media about their crypto investments.
REACT Lieutenant John Rose said in addition to or in lieu of stealing cryptocurrency, some SIM swappers will relieve victims of highly prized social media account names (also known as “OG accounts“) — usually short usernames that can convey an aura of prestige or the illusion of an early adopter on a given social network. OG accounts typically can be resold for thousands of dollars.
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2018-11-15 14:00:00 | Tinder Borrows a Page From Uber With Its New \'Swipe Surge\' (lien direct) | The feature, available in select cities, turns Tinder into a real time dating experience. | Uber | ||
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2018-11-14 14:00:00 | Uber Rewards Loyalty Program Gives Perks to Power Users (lien direct) | Rack up enough points and a real life human will answer your customer support call. | Uber | ||
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2018-11-09 20:41:00 | How VMware\'s Heptio purchase finally shows it\'s getting smart about open source (lien direct) | VMware has been involved with Kubernetes before, but in buying Heptio it made a huge down payment on Kubernetes influence. | Uber | ||
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2018-11-05 04:08:00 | Buy, Rent, or Uber Your Security Operations Center (lien direct) | What better way to provide continuous monitoring and analysis than through a security operations center (SOC)? But a SOC is complex and expensive. | Uber | ||
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2018-11-05 02:20:03 | Kemp Cites Voter Database Hacking Attempt, Gives No Evidence (lien direct) | The office of Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is also the Republican gubernatorial nominee, said Sunday it is investigating the state Democratic Party in connection with an alleged attempt to hack Georgia's online voter database, which is used to check in voters at polling places in the midterm elections. | Hack | Uber | |
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2018-11-04 22:08:00 | Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking (lien direct) | Georgia's secretary of state is also its GOP gubernatorial candidate. And he just claimed that Democrats committed "cyber crimes." | Uber | ||
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2018-11-01 15:00:00 | It\'s Now Easier to Use Uber Eats on Your Company\'s Dime (lien direct) | Integrating Uber Eats into Uber for Business locks ever more customers into the ride-hailing's ecosystem in advance of an IPO. | Uber | ||
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2018-10-30 03:00:00 | Biggest data breach penalties for 2018 (lien direct) | Uber: $148 million Image by Getty/UberIn 2016 ride-hailing app Uber had 600,000 driver and 57 million user accounts were breached. Instead of reporting the incident the company paid the perpetrator $100,000 to keep the hack under wraps. Those actions, however, cost the company dearly. The company was fined $148 million -- the biggest data-breach payout in history – for violation of state data breach notification laws. |
Data Breach Hack | Uber | |
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2018-10-29 06:50:00 | Crooks continue to abuse exposed Docker APIs for Cryptojacking (lien direct) | Cybercriminals continue to abuse unprotected Docker APIs to create new containers used for cryptojacking, Trend Micro warns. Crooks continue to abuse unprotected Docker APIs to create new containers used for cryptojacking. Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. A container is […] | Uber | ||
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2018-10-26 15:00:00 | The 10 programming languages developers use most in open source projects (lien direct) | More than half of developers are contributing to open source projects in React.js, Kubernetes, Docker, and more, according to a DigitalOcean report. | Uber APT 32 | ★★ | |
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2018-10-25 17:23:01 | Algorithms Can Be a Tool For Justice-If Used the Right Way (lien direct) | Companies like Netflix, Facebook, and Uber deploy algorithms in search of greater efficiency. But when used to evaluate the powerful systems that judge us, algorithms can spur social progress in ways nothing else can. | Tool | Uber | |
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2018-10-20 11:00:00 | Shane Dawson\'s Jake Paul Documentary Shows the Price of Giving People What They Want (lien direct) | We may not all be wildly successful, wildly problematic YouTubers, but we all live inside (and contribute to) the system that created them. | Uber | ||
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2018-10-19 19:24:46 | Election interference from Uber and Lyft (lien direct) | Almost nothing can escape the taint of election interference. A good example is the announcements by Uber and Lyft that they'll provide free rides to the polls on election day. This well-meaning gesture nonetheless calls into question how this might influence the election."Free rides" to the polls is a common thing. Taxi companies have long offered such services for people in general. Political groups have long offered such services for their constituencies in particular. Political groups target retirement communities to get them to the polls, black churches have long had their "Souls to the Polls" program across the 37 states that allow early voting on Sundays.But with Uber and Lyft getting into this we now have concerns about "big data", "algorithms", and "hacking".As the various Facebook controversies have taught us, these companies have a lot of data on us that can reliably predict how we are going to vote. If their leaders wanted to, these companies could use this information in order to get those on one side of an issue to the polls. On hotly contested elections, it wouldn't take much to swing the result to one side.Even if they don't do this consciously, their various algorithms (often based on machine learning and AI) may do so accidentally. As is frequently demonstrated, unconscious biases can lead to real world consequences, like facial recognition systems being unable to read Asian faces.Lastly, it makes these companies prime targets for Russian hackers, who may take all these into account when trying to muck with elections. Or indeed, to simply claim that they did in order to call the results into question. Though to be fair, Russian hackers have so many other targets of opportunity. Messing with the traffic lights of a few cities would be enough to swing a presidential election, specifically targeting areas with certain voters with traffic jams making it difficult for them to get to the polls.Even if it's not "hackers" as such, many will want to game the system. For example, politically motivated drivers may choose to loiter in neighborhoods strongly on one side or the other, helping the right sorts of people vote at the expense of not helping the wrong people. Likewise, drivers might skew the numbers by deliberately hailing rides out of opposing neighborhoods and taking them them out of town, or to the right sorts of neighborhoods.I'm trying to figure out which Party this benefits the most. Let's take a look at rider demographics to start with, such as this post. It appears that income levels and gender are roughly evenly distributed.Ridership is skewed urban, with riders being 46% urban, 48% suburban, and 6% rural. In contrast, US population is 31% urban, 55% suburban, and 15% rural. Giving the increasing polarization among rural and urban voters, this strongly skews results in favor of Democrats.Likewise, the above numbers show that Uber ridership is strongly skewed to the younger generation, with 55% of the riders 34 and younger. This again strongly skews "free rides" by Uber and Lyft toward the Democrats. Though to be fair, the "over 65" crowd has long had an advantage as the parties have fallen over themselves to bus people from retirement communities to the polls (and that older people can get free time on weekdays to vote).Even if you are on the side that appears to benefit, this should still concern you. Our allegiance should first be to a robust and fa | Guideline | Uber | |
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2018-10-18 19:03:05 | An App Built for Hurricane Harvey Is Now Saving Lives in Florida (lien direct) | Crowdsource Rescue, a kind of "Uber for emergencies," has become the leading tool to coordinate volunteer rescuers, helping them check on hundreds of vulnerable individuals. | Tool Guideline | Uber | |
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2018-10-16 08:00:00 | Uber and Lyft Made Traffic Worse in San Francisco. But It\'s Complicated (lien direct) | A new report concludes that Uber and Lyft were responsible for 51 percent of the daily vehicle delay hours in the city between 2010 and 2016, but there are a few big caveats. | Uber | ||
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2018-10-05 14:04:02 | How business travelers can book an Uber or Lyft ride through Google Assistant (lien direct) | Business professionals can now use Google Assistant to book ride services and compare prices on common vendors. | Uber | ||
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2018-09-27 10:24:03 | Uber pays $148m over data breach cover-up (lien direct) | The 2016 breach involved hackers grabbing data on millions of Uber customers and drivers. | Data Breach | Uber | |
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2018-09-21 16:21:03 | MY TAKE: Here\'s why we need \'SecOps\' to help secure \'Cloud Native\' companiess (lien direct) | For many start-ups, DevOps has proven to be a magical formula for increasing business velocity. Speed and agility is the name of the game — especially for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. Related: How DevOps enabled the hacking of Uber DevOps is a process designed to foster intensive collaboration between software developers and the […] | Uber | ||
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2018-09-19 10:57:02 | Why Kubernetes is helping to make Cloud mainstream (lien direct) | By Ronald Sens, EMEA Director, A10 Networks There has been a lot of talk in the first half of 2018 around how cloud is being adopted for mission critical applications and becoming mainstream. Right now, the impact of cloud services, cloud technologies and practices for organisations is rapidly accelerating as we enter the next wave ... | Uber | ||
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2018-09-18 11:00:00 | Still Smarting From Uber, Cities Wise up About Scooter Data (lien direct) | Most cities felt powerless to extract concessions from Uber and Lyft. Now that scooters are here, they've learned their lesson-and toughened up. | Uber | ||
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2018-09-09 13:00:00 | This Week in the Future of Cars: What Happened at Tesla, Uber, and Chevy this week (lien direct) | Elon Musk is smoking something, doppler lidar helps cars see better, and the Diplomatic Security Service braves Ebola | Uber Tesla | ||
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2018-09-06 11:00:00 | One Year In, Uber\'s CEO Has Bigger Problems Than Travis (lien direct) | Dara Khosrowshahi has helped fix Uber's image, but now he must make the company competitive in a crowded market. | Uber | ||
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2018-09-05 18:35:05 | Uber Announces Ramped Up Passenger Security (lien direct) | Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday the smartphone-summoned ride service is reinforcing safeguards for passengers and their personal information. Features to be added to the app in the coming months include "Ride Check," which uses location tracking already built into the service to detect when cars have stopped unexpectedly. | Uber | ||
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2018-09-03 13:56:02 | Sécurité informatique : Comment armer son entreprise en 3 étapes clefs (lien direct) | Ces deux dernières années, nous avons assisté à des cyberattaques faisant un grand nombre de victimes. D'Uber qui a été la proie d'un piratage affectant 57 millions de personnes dans le monde, au désormais célèbre malware à rançon WannaCry qui a touché plus de 300 000 ordinateurs dans plus de 150 pays, les exemples ne manquent pas et inquiètent les responsables en entreprise mais également les dirigeants politiques. Le recours à une sécurité de pointe est plus que nécessaire, et pourtant, bien des sociétés (...) - Points de Vue | Malware | Wannacry Uber | |
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2018-09-02 11:00:00 | Uber, Tesla, Electric Scooters, and More Folks Who Made Car News This Week (lien direct) | Plus, a startup hoping to hasten the arrival of self-driving, flying cars. | Uber Tesla | ★★★ | |
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2018-08-29 12:00:00 | Toyota Joins Uber on Its Tortuous Journey to Self-Driving Cars (lien direct) | With a $500 million investment, the automaker has committed to helping the ride-hailing giant deliver on robo-cars. But it's not quite clear what that means. | Uber | ||
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2018-08-12 13:00:00 | Elon Musk\'s Tweets, Tesla Might Go Private, Uber Loses in NYC, and More Car News (lien direct) | Plus, we chat with Kodiak Robotics, a new autonomous trucking startup, and Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang Bullitt is back. | Uber Tesla | ||
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2018-08-10 11:00:00 | Maybe MoviePass Shouldn\'t Compare Itself to Uber (lien direct) | There are certain similarities between the two disrupting companies-like spending lots of money. | Uber | ||
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2018-08-09 00:48:00 | New York City Limits the Number of Ubers and Lyfts on Its Streets (lien direct) | The Big Apple deals the ride-hail companies with their first set of serious American regulations. Which city will impose regulations next? | Uber | ||
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2018-08-07 13:00:00 | As Uber Gives up on Self-Driving Trucks, Kodiak Jumps In (lien direct) | The startup wants to become the go-to source for the tech to make trucks drive themselves. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-31 18:17:04 | Uber quits self-driving trucks, but the driverless semis are still coming (lien direct) | Autonomous truck projects from Waymo and Tesla are poised to pick up speed now that Uber is out of the race, but worries remain over how the technology will impact jobs. | Uber Tesla | ||
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2018-07-27 18:17:05 | Why Uber and Lyft are actually making your morning commute worse (lien direct) | Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft are making traffic worse in major cities, according to a new report. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-25 11:00:00 | Congress May Love Flying Cars, But the Skies Still Need Traffic Cops (lien direct) | The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology loved what they heard from Uber, but experts wonder if flying taxis are really ready for takeoff. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-25 01:20:03 | After the Fatal Crash, Uber Revamps Its Robo-Car Testing (lien direct) | The new program will put two safety drivers in each car, and the company will deploy a system that watches to see if they're actually paying attention. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-22 12:00:00 | Zoox vs. San Francisco, Good News for Tesla, and More Car News This Week (lien direct) | Plus: BMW goes after Uber, robo-cars get new rule books, the dream of a solar-powered car, and more. | Uber Tesla | ||
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2018-07-20 11:00:00 | Uber\'s CEO Faces an Impossible Decision (lien direct) | With employees critiquing executives in the press, Dara Khosrowshahi must now decide whether to repeat history, or forge a new company culture based on trust. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-15 12:00:00 | Uber\'s HR Troubles, Elon\'s Cave Rescue, and More Car News This Week (lien direct) | Plus: a look inside Alphabet's moonshot factory, Pininfarina's electric hypercar, the angst of the Automated Vehicles Symposium., and more. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-13 11:00:00 | Home From the Honeymoon, the Self-Driving Car Industry Faces Reality (lien direct) | In the post-Uber crash era, self-driving car developers are struggling with how to present their technology to an increasingly wary public. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-12 18:12:00 | Seven ride-sharing scams to watch out for (lien direct) | Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft offer the convenience of quick and affordable transportation. But they can also involve scams targeting both riders and drivers. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-11 15:28:00 | The Rise And Fall of Uber HR Chief Liane Hornsey (lien direct) | Her departure is a sign the company's system is beginning to work. It's also a crisis. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-11 12:00:00 | How a Startup Is Using the Blockchain to Protect Your Privacy (lien direct) | Oasis Labs is working with Uber as it aims to cure some of the ills of the internet. | Uber | ||
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2018-07-11 11:00:00 | Uber and Lyft\'s Never-Ending Quest to Crush Price Comparison Apps (lien direct) | Apps like Bellhop and RideGuru allow riders to find the best deal-highlighting the uncomfortable truth that price is the bottom line for ride-sharing companies | Uber | ||
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2018-06-28 10:45:00 | Ticketmaster UK Warns Thousands of Data Breach (lien direct) | Customers who bought tickets through the site are advised to check for fraudulent transactions with Uber, Netflix, and Xendpay. | Data Breach | Uber | |
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2018-06-25 20:37:01 | Uber Tells London\'s Regulators \'We\'ve Changed\' (lien direct) | The ride-sharing company needs the world to believe that it has reformed if it's going to get its self-driving cars on the road. | Uber | ||
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2018-06-22 17:12:00 | Uber\'s Crash and the Folly of Humans Training Self-Driving Cars (lien direct) | Humans are terrible at paying attention when they're doing all the driving. So why expect anything different when the robot's in charge? | Uber | ||
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2018-06-21 18:23:03 | Why running your own Kubernetes deployment could be a terrible idea (lien direct) | Kubernetes is hard, but becomes doubly so when you take on the burden of supporting this fast-moving project. | Uber | ★★★ |
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