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episode 794: Cicada - Ongoing WordPress Attack, RCS Gets End-to-End Encryption
Ongoing WordPress attack, RCS gets End-to-end encryption.
- Chrome moves to release 87.
- Explicit Publication of Privacy Practices.
- Firefox 83 gets HTTPS-only Mode.
- Mozilla seeks consultation on implementing DNS-over-HTTPS.
- The comical announcement strategy of the Egregor Ransomware.
- Large-scale attacks targeting Epsilon Framework Themes in WordPress.
- Cybercrime gang installs hidden e-commerce stores on WordPress sites.
- 245,000 Windows systems still vulnerable to BlueKeep RDP bug.
- Google's Rich Communication Services is getting E2EE via Signal.
- Cicada, a Chinese state-sponsored advanced persistent threat group.
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