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Meta’s Bug Bounty Program Shows $2m Awarded in 2022
PRIVACY PRIVACY The total amount since the program’s establishment in 2011 is reportedly $16m Read More
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Social Blade Confirms Data Breach Exposing PII on the Dark Web
PRIVACY PRIVACY The company confirmed the data does not include any credit card information Read More
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Data breach at Social Blade confirmed. Hacker offers to sell database on underground website
PRIVACY PRIVACY Social media analytics service Social Blade has confirmed that it is investigating a security breach, after a hacker offered its user database for sale on an underground criminal website. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Apple Patches iPhone Zero-Day
PRIVACY PRIVACY The most recent iPhone update—to version 16.1.2—patches a zero-day vulnerability that “may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1.” News: Apple said security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates nation state-backed spyware, hacking and cyberattacks, discovered and reported the WebKit bug. WebKit bugs are often exploited…
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Backup saves the day after crime author loses laptop in blizzard
PRIVACY PRIVACY Celebrated crime author Ann Cleeves turned to Twitter this week, desperate for help. The reason? The author, whose novels had been the inspiration for TV series like “Vera”, had lost her HP laptop during a blizzard in Shetland. Read More
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Two-Thirds of Security Pros Have Burnt Out in Past Year
PRIVACY PRIVACY Excessive workload is the most common contributing factor Read More
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Former Twitter Employee Gets 42 Months for Saudi Scheme
PRIVACY PRIVACY Insider was bribed by the Middle East kingdom Read More
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OECD Signs “Landmark” Privacy Agreement
PRIVACY PRIVACY Club of rich countries wants to improve cross-border data flows Read More
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MTTR “not a viable metric” for complex software system reliability and security
PRIVACY PRIVACY Mean time to resolve (MTTR) isn’t a viable metric for measuring the reliability or security of complex software systems and should be replaced by other, more trustworthy options. That’s according to a new report from Verica which argued that the use of MTTR to gauge software network failures and outages is not appropriate,…
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Senate Approves Bill Banning TikTok From US Government Devices
PRIVACY PRIVACY The bill still needs to receive approval from the US House of Representatives Read More