Netflix phish claims your membership is on hold

We take a look at a new Netflix phish in circulation, using the time-honored trick of claiming the recipient is about to lose access unless they hand over some personal information.
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Gmail ‘dots don’t matter’ feature exposes Netflix users to phishing attacks

If your Netflix account is registered with a Gmail address, beware of any emails from Netflix asking you to renew your payment info. This, according to a developer who came within inches of paying someone else’s Netflix bill with his credit card … Continue reading Gmail ‘dots don’t matter’ feature exposes Netflix users to phishing attacks

Streaming site 123movies has been shut down; here are its alternatives

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On March 19th, the world’s most popular pirate streaming website 123movies
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Netflix, Dropbox promise not to sue security researchers, with caveats

Netflix and Dropbox have both noted recently that they won’t sue security researchers who find and disclose vulnerabilities in their products. The only caveat is: the researchers must conduct the research in line with their vulnerability disclosu… Continue reading Netflix, Dropbox promise not to sue security researchers, with caveats

Netflix launches a public bug bounty program

Netflix announced a public bug bounty program through Bugcrowd on Thursday, the latest win for an industry and a company that’s growing at an insane clip. Last month, Bugcrowd took in a $26 million round of funding after opening new offices in London and Sydney. Netflix has had a vulnerability disclosure program since 2013. Over the past five years, the program expanded in both scope and bounty size, including a $15,000 payout on an unspecified critical vulnerability. That amount continues to be the monetary ceiling for bounties under the public program. The decision to go public opens up the service to any vulnerability hunter signed up with Bugcrowd. That means the California-based streaming service joins everyone from the U.S. military to Mastercard and Twilio in launching a public bug bounty program. Merely having a program is rarely enough. In a climate where security researchers and journalists have been targeted by litigious tech firms, […]

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Researchers Can Earn up to $15K in Netflix’s New Public Bug Bounty Program

Netflix has launched a public bug bounty program through which security researchers can receive rewards of up to $15,000. Announced on 21 March, the streaming service’s new vulnerability responsible disclosure framework will award researchers upw… Continue reading Researchers Can Earn up to $15K in Netflix’s New Public Bug Bounty Program

High-Effort Streaming Remote for Low-Effort Bingeing

There’s no limit to the amount of work some people will put into avoiding work. For instance, why bother to get up from your YouTube-induced vegetative state to adjust the volume when you can design and build a remote to do it for you?

Loath to interrupt his PC streaming binge sessions, [miroslavus] decided to take matters into his own hands. When a commercially available wireless keyboard proved simultaneously overkill for the job and comically non-ergonomic, he decided to build a custom streaming remote. His recent microswitch encoder is prominently featured and provides scrolling control for volume and menu functions, …read more

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