Leaked spreadsheets, Slack messages, and files linked to an alleged group of North Korean IT scammers show how they track potential jobs and record earnings
A new cache of data—emails, spreadsheets, Slack messages—reveals how meticulously they plan and track job applications, earnings, and day-to-day work life X: Dino A. Dai Zovi / @dinodaizovi : Maybe we...
Signal says attackers accessed the phone numbers and SMS verification codes for around 1,900 users as part of the recent Twilio breach
just reasons I don't understand. Can somebody explain those reasons to me? https://twitter.com/... Joseph Menn / @josephmenn : Every time there is a high-end attack on a critical end-to-end encrypted ...
How US agencies are preparing for “post-quantum cryptography” against attackers who harvest sensitive data now for decryption in the future
The US government is starting a generation-long battle against the threat next-generation computers pose to encryption. Tweets: @techreview , @techreview , @aarongrunwald , @statecreative74 , @royvanr...
WhatsApp to delay new privacy policy by three months following widespread confusion over whether the policy would mandate data sharing with Facebook
but what's the point? Yash Wate / TechPP : WhatsApp delays new privacy policy update after user backlash Tweets: @whatsapp : Thank you to everyone who's reached out. We're still working to counter any...
In a letter to members of Congress, IBM says it's exiting the general-purpose facial recognition business and opposes the use of such tech for mass surveillance
and +1 on this (tho already a bit late): “We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agenci...
Report on the hack-for-hire market: attacks that phish 2FA to access email accounts cost $100-$400; such attacks can be prevented with physical security keys
Ariana Mirian / Communications of the ACM : Tweets: @uhoelzle and @dinodaizovi Tweets: Urs Hlzle / @uhoelzle : The bad news: a targeted attack on your account costs $100-300. The good news: Gmail/Goo...
Researchers: “SimJacker”, a widespread SIM card-based vulnerability, is being exploited by a private actor “that works with governments to monitor individuals”
https://thehackernews.com/... #infosec #technews https://twitter.com/... @thehackersnews : What's more worrisome? According to researchers, a specific private company that works with Governments is ac...
While many foreign phone carriers are sharing real-time SIM swap data with banks to stop financial fraud, US carriers are dragging their feet
AROUND A YEAR ago, André Tenreiro was called into a meeting between the chief technology officer of the phone carrier he worked for … Tweets: @dinodaizovi and @jessysaurusrex Tweets: Dino A. Dai Zovi ...
Inside DOD's Jyn Erso initiative that is giving technically skilled soldiers an opportunity to build tech for the Army alongside experts from the private sector
Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Tweets: @dinodaizovi , @doctrine_man , @alexhern , @mattcutts , @hitpol , and @caitlin__kelly Tweets: Dino A. Dai Zovi / @dinodaizovi : “According to DDS, the Jyn 1 project c...
Source: email scanner installed after government order was not a modified spam filter; Yahoo's security team thought it was a rootkit when they discovered it
How Yahoo risked user security … Regina Festin / Tech Times : Google, Microsoft, Apple And Facebook Deny Spying On Emails And Other Messages Neema Singh Guliani / American Civil Liberties Union : The ...