Month: April 2021
macOS and Linux malware
Analysis conducted by Sonatype revealed the web-browserify package had been created by stitching together hundreds of different open source components, all of which are legitimate when taken in isolation. The package extracts and runs an ELF malware executable, elevating the attacker’s privileges and laying the foundations for all manner of surveillance activities once it has
CS:GO Steam
A critical bug in Valve’s game engine has been demonstrated by a security researcher to allow hackers to take control of their victims’ computers. All the attacker needs to do is trick their victims into clicking a Steam invite link to play Counter Strike. The vulnerability isn’t game-specific, but rather exists in the Source game
waive vaccine patents
One suggested solution to speeding up global vaccination role out is to suspend intellectual property rights over COVID 19 vaccinations for the duration of the pandemic. The longer the pandemic unfolds the higher chances there are, not only of higher death tolls, but longer economic declines, more prevalent interrelated health and mental health problems, and
China Killings
A series of allegations from former detainees living abroad have raised concerns about torture, rape, forced labour, forced marriage, sterilisation and even medical experimentation and organ harvesting in Xinjiang, while academic studies have asserted that Chinese policy is one of cultural eradication. However, the Chinese government maintains that these vocational training centres are an effort
pandemic profiteering
During the pandemic an abundance of cases of price hiking, cronyism scandals, and even straight corruption have accompanied record earnings for some companies, and in some cases what can only be called unearned or extortionate profits. While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating human cost, some companies have benefitted massively from the global public
Fake News Laws
Misinformation has also seemingly undermined a number of democratic votes internationally, and even reputable news organisations and politicians have been caught spreading misinformation. In the digital world, disinformation is actively spread on social media, fake news seems to have earned a permanent place in our modern lives. Some fake news are sponsored by governments for
global disaster contingency planning
concerns of global or regional recession and the socio-economic fallout from the outbreak are wide ranging. While some are concerned about repercussions in the stock market, others are already feeling the effects of sector-wide forced redundancies and bankruptcy, as the service industry grinds to a halt and governments scramble to minimise the long-term impacts of
cultivation of cannabis in Lebanon
In Lebanon, civil disobedience is becoming commonplace amidst massive unemployment, a stagnating economy, a currency crisis and widespread condemnation of consistently corrupt and inept sectarian rule. The country now looks set to tackle this financial downturn by following the recommendation of an American management consultancy company, McKinsey & Company, who ended a five year study
Illegal “Immigrants”
Illegal immigration is not an easy or effective way to migrate to another country and the vast majority of people that migrate in this way do so because they are vulnerable and desperate. These people are often without options when they do migrate and have to seek employment in the black market, not contributing tax
Use of Body Cameras to Fight Corruption
In democracies it is also widely held that politicians lie, exaggerate or mislead to get elected, or conversely the ones that don’t won’t be elected. Meanwhile, body cameras are seeing increasingly use by the police and military in some countries in order to increase accountability. When politician’s actions and decisions are literally costing the taxpayer,