Security News #92: Adiabatic Quantum-Flux-Parametron

with @djhardb, @infosecirvin, @KaitlynGuru, and @sambowne, plus Alan Wennersten!

Jan 4, 2021

Plus Alan Wennersten!

Kaitlyn Handelman @KaitlynGuru

Breaking the Google Audio reCAPTCHA with Google's own Speech to Text API Prototype Microprocessor Developed Using Superconductors – 80 Times More Energy Efficient Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by UPenn, yet she persisted

Alan Wennersten

Sarasota Florida is using Eventbrite for COVID vaccination sign ups Should COVID vaccination second dose interval be increased? Give the second dose as soon as possible Increase dose intervals FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES MAJOR DRONE RULE CHANGES

Sam Bowne @sambowne

Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism The Great Suspender Chrome App Becomes Malicious 2021 Is Going to Be a Big Year in Space — Here’s What to Watch for This Year Will Axiom Space provide a commercial space station replacement for NASA's ISS? iPTF14hls is an unusual supernova star that erupted continuously for about 1,000 days SPACE Projects Quadrifilar Helix Antenna

Elizabeth Biddlecome @djhardb

NYC is Paying $2 Million For Anti-Plagiarism Software After Firing Teachers Ransomware attack cripples NYC DOE’s teacher disciplinary system How Your Digital Trails Wind Up in the Police’s Hands

Irvin Lemus @infosecirvin

Termshark: A terminal UI for tshark, inspired by Wireshark Backdoor account discovered in more than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways 16-01-2021: Pacific Hackers: First meeting of 2021