Two Latest Cyber Security Threats & How To Protect Against Them

By Ryan De Souza
Cyber security is undoubtedly the backbone of any online businesses –
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Self-Driven: Uber and Tesla

Self-driving cars have been in the news a lot in the past two weeks. Uber’s self-driving taxi hit and killed a pedestrian on March 18, and just a few days later a Tesla running in “autopilot” mode slammed into a road barrier at full speed, killing the driver. In both cases, there was a human driver who was supposed to be watching over the shoulder of the machine, but in the Uber case the driver appears to have been distracted and in the Tesla case, the driver had hands off the steering wheel for six seconds prior to the crash. …read more

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Alex Stamos, Facebook, Uber, and The Cuban Sonic Weapon – Paul’s Security Weekly #552

The Scarlett Johansson PostgreSQL Malware Attack, Alex Stamos might be leaving Facebook, is Mark Zuckerburg in trouble with the law again?, Uber self-driving car hits and kills pedestrian, and CIS releases revised top-20 critical security controls. Pau… Continue reading Alex Stamos, Facebook, Uber, and The Cuban Sonic Weapon – Paul’s Security Weekly #552

Smashing Security #070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica

It’s not fair to describe what happened at Facebook as a data breach – it’s much worse than that. An autonomous Uber vehicle kills a pedestrian. And sextortion continues to be a serious problem.
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Travis Kalanick is already back running a company with a $150M investment

Travis Kalanick, the former Uber CEO who was shown the door in June last year amid a series of major controversies, has already found his next leading role following his announcement of a new investment fund just weeks ago. Kalanick said on Twitter that his fund would be investing $150 million to take a controlling […] Continue reading Travis Kalanick is already back running a company with a $150M investment

Personal Development in Application Security – Application Security Weekly #9

This week, Introducing Metta: Uber’s open source tool for adversarial simulation, probable wordlists, & AttackDeploy gets dockerized! Full Show NotesVisit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.comse… Continue reading Personal Development in Application Security – Application Security Weekly #9

Uber Has An Autonomous Fatality

You have doubtlessly heard the news. A robotic Uber car in Arizona struck and killed [Elaine Herzberg] as she crossed the street. Details are sketchy, but preliminary reports indicate that the accident was unavoidable as the woman crossed the street suddenly from the shadows at night.

If and when more technical details emerge, we’ll cover them. But you can bet this is going to spark a lot of conversation about autonomous vehicles. Given that Hackaday readers are at the top of the technical ladder, it is likely that your thoughts on the matter will influence your friends, coworkers, and even …read more

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