Saturday, May 20, 2023

A history of Turla APT, the "premiere espionage tool" of Russia's FSB, which has been operating for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for about 20 years (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
A history of Turla APT, the “premiere espionage tool” of Russia's FSB, which has been operating for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for about 20 years  —  From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia's FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.”



Court finds FBI misused a FISA Section 702 database 278K+ times between 2020 and 2021, as the White House seeks to persuade Congress to renew the law in 2023 (Charlie Savage/New York Times)

Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court finds FBI misused a FISA Section 702 database 278K+ times between 2020 and 2021, as the White House seeks to persuade Congress to renew the law in 2023  —  The bureau made changes after the newly revealed violations of rules for querying messages intercepted under an expiring warrantless surveillance law.



Leaders of the G7 nations call for the development and adoption of global AI standards and to "take stock of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI" (Reuters)

Reuters:
Leaders of the G7 nations call for the development and adoption of global AI standards and to “take stock of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI”  —  Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the development and adoption of international technical standards …



Some doctors, bird watchers, and others still use pagers due to their simplicity; paging company Spok has 800K+ pagers in use in the US, down from 6.6M in 2004 (Ariana Perez-Castells/Wall Street Journal)

Ariana Perez-Castells / Wall Street Journal:
Some doctors, bird watchers, and others still use pagers due to their simplicity; paging company Spok has 800K+ pagers in use in the US, down from 6.6M in 2004  —  Fans, including some doctors and bird watchers, appreciate the simplicity of the once-popular devices, even as others move on



Realme Narzo N53 to on special sale next week

Realme launched its affordable Narzo series smartphone -- Narzo N53 in India this week. The company has now announced that the budget Realme smartphone will go on special sale in the country next week. https://ift.tt/PtnaFcp

Filing: AT&T asks the FCC to block a SpaceX/T-Mobile plan that allows Starlink to service areas lacking T-Mobile coverage, saying "FCC's rules do not permit" it (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Filing: AT&T asks the FCC to block a SpaceX/T-Mobile plan that allows Starlink to service areas lacking T-Mobile coverage, saying “FCC's rules do not permit” it  —  AT&T and rural telcos say Starlink-fueled phone service would cause interference.



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...