Mac Hit by 3 Simultaneous Attacks, Discord's Age Verification Fails, & Google's "Deleted" Footage Returns | SR256
Techlore Surveillance Report: Weekly News for Your Digital Freedom
No operating system is safe, and this week, Mac users got hit from three directions at once. We cover the attacks, Discord's messy age verification expansion, hidden hotel cameras in China, and everything else threatening your digital rights.
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Episode Timestamps
00:00 INTRO
01:00 MACOS ATTACKS
13:12 DISCORD AGE VERIFICATION
23:34 MORE AGE VERIFICATION
26:08 GOOGLE NEST FOOTAGE MYSTERY
30:56 DEFENSE BULLETIN
Episode Sources
Highlight - macOS Attacks
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-use-new-macos-malware-in-crypto-theft-attacks/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amos-infostealer-targets-macos-through-a-popular-ai-app/
- https://adguard.com/en/blog/claude-google-ads-malware-poisoning-macos.html
Discord Age Verification
- https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
- https://discord.com/safety/how-discord-is-building-safer-experiences-for-teens
- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach
- https://www.404media.co/free-tool-says-it-can-bypass-discords-age-verification-check-with-a-3d-model/
- https://matrix.org/blog/2026/02/welcome-discord/
Age Verification Keeps Spreading
- https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/west-virginia-politics/pornography-age-identification-bill-advances-in-west-virginia-house-once-again/
- https://alabamareflector.com/2026/02/06/alabama-senate-passes-bill-requiring-app-stores-to-verify-ages-of-users/
- https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/116063821334857824
Google Recovers "Deleted" Nest Video for FBI
The Defense Bulletin
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62rexy9y3no
- https://www.wired.com/story/irans-digital-surveillance-machine-is-almost-complete/
- https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-blocks-metas-whatsapp-messaging-service-ft-reports-2026-02-12/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/germany-warns-of-signal-account-hijacking-targeting-senior-figures/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyberspies-breach-singapores-four-largest-telcos/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zerodayrat-malware-grants-full-access-to-android-ios-devices/
- https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/02/15/018217/apple-patches-decade-old-ios-zero-day-possibly-exploited-by-commercial-spyware
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-commission-discloses-breach-that-exposed-staff-data/
- https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/
- https://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceled
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/hacktivist-scrapes-over-500000-stalkerware-customers-payment-records/
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/dutch-phone-giant-odido-says-millions-of-customers-affected-by-data-breach/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/snail-mail-letters-target-trezor-and-ledger-users-in-crypto-theft-attacks/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-7-zip-site-distributes-installer-laced-with-proxy-tool/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-store-outlook-add-in-hijacked-to-steal-4-000-microsoft-accounts/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ai-chrome-extensions-with-300k-users-steal-credentials-emails/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wordpress-plugin-with-900k-installs-vulnerable-to-critical-rce-flaw/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/volvo-group-north-america-customer-data-exposed-in-conduent-hack/
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/fintech-lending-giant-figure-confirms-data-breach/
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/indias-major-pharmacy-chain-exposed-customer-data-and-internal-systems/
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/sex-toys-maker-tenga-says-hacker-stole-customer-information/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pastebin-comments-push-clickfix-javascript-attack-to-hijack-crypto-swaps/
- https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/116053108514892232
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/apple-releases-ios-26-3-with-updates-that-mainly-benefit-non-apple-devices/
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/upgraded-google-safety-tools-can-now-find-and-remove-more-of-your-personal-info/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitwarden-introduces-cupid-vault-for-secure-password-sharing/
- https://calyxos.org/news/2026/02/10/calyxos-hsm-signing/
- https://ente.io/blog/likes-comments-admin-settings-ente-photos-biggest-update/
- https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/netnewswire-7-0-launches-with-liquid-glass-design-performance-enhancements-and-bug-fixes/
- https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/2034222/linux-70-kernel-confirmed-by-linus-torvalds-expected-in-mid-april-2026
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