An Open Letter From MediaOps

On behalf of all of us at MediaOps, we are so deeply troubled by what is going on in the world around us. As we continue to battle a deadly pandemic and the effects of racial injustice, the idea of devolving into factions and hurting one another cuts … Continue reading An Open Letter From MediaOps

Rooting out telephone payment security risks

While compliance with PCI DSS may appear daunting, it in fact helps organisations to become more efficient: safeguarding customers’ payment card data, while protecting employees from being exposed to sensitive data and descoping this from the com… Continue reading Rooting out telephone payment security risks

Santa Claws: Sharpen Your Skills For a Good Cause

Want to do a bit of good this holiday season without leaving your couch or battle station? Well step right up and try your hand at Santa Claws, the charitable claw machine created by UK-based firm Liberty Games. For every toy you can maneuver to the chute, Liberty Games will …read more

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Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 09 – Issue 117

In This Issue: “Charity Scams are Real – How Low Will They Go to Exploit a Tragedy?” Find out how cyber criminals monetize tragedy and exploit human emotions.  
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Why it just might make sense that Salesforce.com is buying Salesforce.org

Yesterday, Salesforce .com announced its intent to buy its own educational/non-profit arm, Salesforce.org for $300 million. On its face, this feels like a confusing turn of events, but industry experts say it’s really about aligning educational and non-profit verticals across the entire organization. Salesforce has always made a lot of hay about being a responsible […] Continue reading Why it just might make sense that Salesforce.com is buying Salesforce.org

Week 46 Cyberattack Digest 2018 – Cozy Bear, TalkTalk, Make-A-Wish Foundation and others

A new week has started which means that we have a new portion of fresh news for you. So, enjoy our new week 46 cyber attack digest. Bears awoke from winter slumber by SC Media – 19 November 2018 Experts believe that the recent spear phishing acti… Continue reading Week 46 Cyberattack Digest 2018 – Cozy Bear, TalkTalk, Make-A-Wish Foundation and others

Dell Foundation pledges $36 million to Harvey relief effort

 Michael and Susan Dell have doubled down on the tech industry’s commitment to bail out Texas as it recovers from Hurricane Harvey. The couple pledged a whopping $36 million to the effort through their foundation today. The money, which represents the largest single contribution to date for the disaster, comes in the form of an $18 million seed contribution, followed by a dollar… Read More Continue reading Dell Foundation pledges $36 million to Harvey relief effort

Avoiding The Engineer-Saviour Trap

The random seaside holidays of Hackaday staffers rarely sow the seeds of our articles, but my most recent trip had something slightly unusual about it. I was spending a couple of days in a resort town on the Isle of Wight, just off the coast of Southern England, and my hotel was the local outpost of a huge chain that provides anonymous rooms for travelling salesmen and the like. I could probably find an identical place to lay my head anywhere in the world from Anchorage to Hobart and everywhere in between.

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Creating a More Altruistic Bug Bounty Program

David Jacoby and Frans Rosén said at this year’s Security Analyst Summit they offered companies free pen-testing and raised $15,000 for charity in the process. Continue reading Creating a More Altruistic Bug Bounty Program