Today in Privacy — Nov 06
Posted by PrivacyWire
- Cracked Copies of XRY Pro, a Police Phone-Cracking Tool, Are Being Sold for $10 — Cracked copies of XRY Pro, a tool sold to police for accessing locked phones, appear to be available online for little money. This raises concerns about the… — discuss · link - FBI, CISA warn of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems — The warning shows that attacks on connected industrial systems can affect physical safety and essential supplies, not just data. It also raises privacy and… — discuss · link - Threat actor targets Indian fintechs on weekends when defenders aren’t watching — Weekend targeting of Indian fintechs shows that security risks can increase when defenders are less available, leaving financial data and systems exposed.… — discuss · link - Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House? — Residential proxy services can let other people route internet traffic through devices used by White House staff, making activity harder to attribute and… — discuss · link - Critical Rails Bug Threatens to Derail Vulnerable Servers — A flaw in Rails Active Storage’s ImageMagick integration could let attackers write arbitrary files and read sensitive files through uploaded images. This puts… — discuss · link These stories show how cheap access tools, exposed industrial and financial systems, proxy networks, and server flaws can turn digital weaknesses into privacy, safety, and supply risks. What new threats or defensive gaps are you seeing in your own systems or community?