Israeli authorities investigate NSO Group over Pegasus spyware abuse claims [Fri Jul 30 2021]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 30 July 2021 ***************************************************************** Israeli authorities investigate NSO Group over Pegasus spyware abuse claims Reason for probe unknown, but CEO claims it will vindicate company's claims ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Huawei says its latest flagship smartphones lack 5G, blames US sanctions Qualcomm tells us it has permission to provide 4G-only Snapdragon 888 chip * Time for a 'great experiment' says Cisco as it lets team leaders set place of work Fewer than one-in-four staff want to be in the office for more than three days a week * Thanks for the memory: Add Samsung to the list of tech giants raking it in despite supply concerns Turns out that Austin factory shutdown was nothing but a blip * BT says it's trading in line with expectations as revenue slides and pre-tax profit shrinks Former state monopoly talks up FTTP build out, as does Virgin Media * Qualcomm's bumper Q3 growth comes with supply constraints warning, but Intel may ride to the rescue Company confirms it's investigating adding Chipzilla to multi-source vendor list, alongside TSMC and Samsung Security * Spam is Chipotle's secret ingredient: Marketing email hijacked to dish up malware More than 120 messages caught trying to filch credentials from customers of USAA Bank, Microsoft * Upcoming Android privacy changes include ability to blank advertising ID, and 'safety section' in Play store New policies give users more control, but ad tracking still on by default * Israeli authorities investigate NSO Group over Pegasus spyware abuse claims Reason for probe unknown, but CEO claims it will vindicate company's claims * Here's a list of the flaws Russia, China, Iran and pals exploit most often, say Five Eyes infosec agencies And you've patched them all, haven't you, diligent readers? * 'Woefully insufficient': Biden administration's assessment of critical infrastructure infosec protection Memorandum details plans to turn that around with rapid development of security baselines, not mandates * Over 100 Taiwanese political figures' messages leaked outta LINE app Attack turned off encryption function, which made snooping rather easier Software * Google Play puts Android apps on notice: No naughty JavaScript, Python, Lua And come April next year, accurate disclosures of personal data usage will be required * Privacy proves elusive in Google's Privacy Sandbox Like FLoC, FLEDGE isn't yet ready to fly for web-based ads, judging from this proof-of-concept exploit code * NoSQL Couchbase launches schema-like features to take on the transactional databases of the relational world Doing both in one system might be 'somewhat elegant' but user experience remains to be seen, analyst says * Red Hat buddies up with Nutanix to provide an escape route from VMware 'We have customers saying, help us out of this pickle here, can you possibly just support RHEL running on top of AHV?' * Microsoft's new 'power app converging model' hits public preview with Custom Pages Aims to heal perplexing split between Canvas and Model-driven apps * Equiniti wins Northern Ireland Finance Department contract to build land revenue system... 4 years after project proposed Now that's agile * Ex-health secretary said 'vast majority' were 'onside' with GP data grab. Consumer champion Which? reckons 20 million don't even know what it is Guess what? When people find out about the scheme, trust in the NHS falls Offbeat * International Space Station stabilizes after just-docked Russian module suddenly fires thrusters Crew not in danger, NASA insists * Bill for HMS Vanity Gin Palace swells by £50m in two months That's 0.25 DUPs! * Have you turned it off and on again? Russia's Nauka module just about makes it to the ISS Elderly lab negotiates tricky docking * NFT or not to NFT: Steve Jobs' first job application auction shows physically unique beats cryptographically unique Great, maybe the trend can FOAD now * Hard drives at Autonomy offices were destroyed the same month CEO Lynch quit, extradition trial was told Court finally hands down written ruling – and it's very bad news for UK exec * Beige pencil stockists on high alert as 'Colouring Book of Retro Computers' hits the crowdfunding circuit YouTuber's project already well past its goal * Hungarian tech store closed by World War II bomb Please shop online instead while it's safely disposed of, says branch of CCTV specialist MASCO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2021 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: