Rite Aid Used Facial Recognition Cameras; BootHole Hits GRUB2 - ThreatWire

Three have been arrested for the twitter hack, the BootHole vulnerability creates bigger problems, and Rite Aid used facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5

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Links:
Twitter Hack:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21348974/twitter-spear-phishing-attack-bitcoin-scam
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/twitter-hackers-used-phone-spear-phishing-in-mass-account-takeover/
https://threatpost.com/twitter-hack-mobile-spearphishing-scam/157896/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/31/21349920/twitter-hack-arrest-florida-teen-fbi-irs-secret-service
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/three-individuals-charged-alleged-roles-twitter-hack
https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/twitter-hacker-arrested.html
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/florida-teen-arrested-charged-with-being-mastermind-of-twitter-hack/

BootHole:
https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/grub2-bootloader-vulnerability.html
https://threatpost.com/billions-of-devices-impacted-secure-boot-bypass/157843/
https://securityledger.com/2020/07/boothole-bootloader-flaw-breaks-security-on-most-linux-windows-devices/
https://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/boothole-attack-impacts-windows-and-linux-systems-using-grub2-and-secure-boot/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-distros-fix-new-boothole-bug/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/red-hat-and-centos-systems-arent-booting-due-to-boothole-patches/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/boothole-fixes-causing-boot-problems-across-multiple-linux-distros/

Face masks are thwarting surveillance / Rite Aid used facial recognition tech in stores:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/#riteaid-methodology
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/rite-aid-deployed-facial-recognition-in-hundreds-of-stores-report-finds/
https://threatpost.com/facial-recognition-flop-face-masks-thwart-virus-stump-security-systems/157821/
https://www.cnet.com/news/face-masks-are-thwarting-even-the-best-facial-recognition-algorithms-study-finds/

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