The week began with a tricky Google Calendar phishing scam, and ended with Iran ramping up its cyberattacks against the US, as talk of war with that nation mounts. That, as they say, escalated quickly.
Before things took a turn for the geopolitical, we walked you through a dead simple way to stop data breaches with... database encryption. We explained why Google is getting retro when it comes to ways to encrypt data sets. We reported that a Minnesota cop who spied on his colleague’s private DMV data was fined $585,000. And we implored you to switch to a private browser, finally.
But back to war. Tensions with Iran’s ally Russia are also worryingly high, and we explained why it appears the US is doing the exact wrong thing if the goal is to avoid a cyberwar. We went in-depth on the message the US is sending Russia about its nuclear experiments: Do as we say, not as we do. And then, just as the week was ending, Iran went and shot a $220 million US surveillance drone out of the sky, which didn’t really help alleviate tensions.
Of course, that’s not all that happened in the privacy ..
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