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Minneapolis Police Website Hacked, Zoom Encryption, eBay Port Scanning
In episode 124 for June 8th 2020: Details on how the Minneapolis Police website may have been hacked, Zoom’s plan to implement end-to-end encryption, and why eBay and other sites may be port scanning your computer.
** Show notes and links mentioned on the show **
After Anonymous Promises Retribution for George Floyd’s Death, Minneapolis Police Website Shows Signs It Was Hacked
https://time.com/5845880/anonymous-minneapolis-police-hack/
Anonymous Hacker Gets Six Years In Prison For DDoS Attacks
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/11/22/2211205/anonymous-hacker-gets-six-years-in-prison-for-ddos-attacks
Zoom to offer end-to-end encryption only to paying customers
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/06/04/zoom-end-to-end-encryption
Is the EARN-IT Act a backdoor attempt to get encryption backdoors?
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3531393/is-the-earn-it-act-a-backdoor-attempt-to-get-encryption-backdoors.html
eBay port scans visitors’ computers for remote access programs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ebay-port-scans-visitors-computers-for-remote-access-programs/
List of well-known web sites that port scan their visitors
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/list-of-well-known-web-sites-that-port-scan-their-visitors/
uBlock Origin – An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
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