Collaborate Disseminate
The U.S. government and tech companies continue to butt heads over the idea of encryption and what that means for law enforcement. Continue reading Encryption Under ‘Full Frontal Nuclear Assault’ By U.S. Bills
An Android spyware attack was recently discovered that targeted the Uyghur ethnic minority group – since 2013. Continue reading Going Down the Spyware Rabbit Hole with SilkBean Mobile Malware
Chris Vickery talks about his craziest data breach discoveries and why “vishing” is the next top threat no one’s ready for. Continue reading Chris Vickery: AI Will Drive Tomorrow’s Data Breaches
Comparitech’s Paul Bischoff found that Amazon’s facial recognition platform misidentified an alarming number of people, and was racially biased. Continue reading AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians As Criminals
Comparitech’s Paul Bischoff found that Amazon’s facial recognition platform misidentified an alarming number of people, and was racially biased. Continue reading AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians As Criminals
Threatpost talks to Verizon DBIR co-author Gabriel Bassett about the top takeaways from this year’s Data Breach Investigations Report. Continue reading Verizon DBIR: Web App Attacks and Security Errors Surge
Kate Moussouris sounds off on the challenges behind creating successful bug bounty programs. Continue reading Katie Moussouris: The Bug Bounty Conflict of Interest
Karsten Nohl, who was behind this week’s research that outlined new eavesdropping hacks for Alexa and Google Home, says that privacy for smart home assistants still has a ways to go. Continue reading No ‘Silver Bullet’ Fix for Alexa, Google Smart Speaker Hacks
Marc Rogers discusses the logistics behind a recently-proposed anonymous bug submission program, meant to encourage ethical hackers to submit high-level bugs anonymously. Continue reading Marc Rogers: Success of Anonymous Bug Submission Program ‘Takes A Village’
A 14-year-old hacker bricked at least 4,000 Internet of Things devices with a new strain of malware called Silex this week. Threatpost talks to the researcher who discovered the malware. Continue reading Thousands of IoT Devices Bricked By Silex Malware