SPY: Security & Privacy Yarns for the week ending December 15 2020

This week reads like a https://www.007.com/ movie (we like the " How To Drive Like James Bond… That is, if you have £3M to spare" section): from across the world, nation state spies are revealed, huge hacking exploits that provided access into 80% of the US Fortune 500 come to light, insecure kit at the doctor’s office and schools hacking students phones with hardware that was and probably should still be in the domain of the spies are all exposed. Yes, despite the meteor showers overhead, we stay with our feet planted firmly on terra firm with this update, and we think you will love the detail. And finally this yarn ends by knitting in an opportunity for you to play phisherman/phisherwoman, engaging in some role playing/threat modeling around how you might compromise someone through email, in order to understand the small changes in your own behavior that will keep you much safer. It’s all here so let’s get cracking!