Collaborate Disseminate
From border crossings to hacking conferences, that Bitcoin or political sticker may be worth leaving on a case at home. Continue reading Putting Stickers On Your Laptop Is Probably a Bad Security Idea
Dubai-based Crowdfense, which buys zero day exploits for iOS and a variety of other platforms, is trying to streamline the process of sourcing vulnerabilities. Continue reading Zero-Day Shop Opens the Floodgates for People to Sell Exploits to Governments
Snap confirmed to Motherboard that an iOS update recently exposed some of the company’s source code. Continue reading Snapchat Source Code Leaked and Posted to GitHub
Documents obtained by Motherboard give insight into how hackers at CYBERCOM prepare before launching offensive cyber operations, including figuring out how likely an attack will be attributed back to them. Continue reading How US Military Hackers Prepared to Hack the Islamic State
Human rights charity Amnesty International has found hackers attempted to infect one of their researcher’s phones with malware from Israeli vendor NSO Group. Continue reading Powerful Smartphone Malware Used to Target Amnesty International Researcher
Emma Best, a freedom of information activist, has published a large cache of Twitter direct messages between Wikileaks and some of its most fervent supporters, including ones showing antisemitic sentiment from Wikileaks. Continue reading Activist Publishes 11,000 Private DMs Between Wikileaks and Its Supporters
After facing a firestorm over misinformation on its platform, Facebook removed several videos from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and suspended his profile, meaning he cannot post any content himself for 30 days. Continue reading Facebook Suspends Alex Jones’ Profile
Venmo transaction data is public by default. But a programmer has taken that data stream and is tweeting the username and photos of users who buy ‘drugs’. Continue reading This Bot Tweets Photos and Names of People Who Bought ‘Drugs’ on Venmo
During testimony to lawmakers, Facebook did not provide specifics on the threshold Pages or Groups have to cross before being deleted. Documents obtained by Motherboard layout those limits. Continue reading Leaked Documents Show Facebook’s ‘Threshold’ for Deleting Pages and Groups
Facebook has faced a wave of misinformation and scam campaigns. Users may soon have more information about that unsolicited direct message, judging by a new feature Facebook is currently trying out. Continue reading Facebook Is Testing a Feature to Tell You If That DM Came from Russia