Free Our Feeds, backed by Jimmy Wales and others, aims to raise $30M by 2028 to billionaire-proof the AT Protocol by making it easier for Bluesky users to leave
The non-profit social media foundation space is really heating up. Ciarán Mather / Silicon Republic : Campaign aims to protect Bluesky's tech from billionaires Thomas Claburn / The Register : Hulk sma...
Dragos details a sample of Russia-linked malware used in a hack in January 2024 to target a heating utility in Lviv, Ukraine, cutting service to 600 buildings
The code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year …
Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware
Twitter's natural heir is finally open to the public — and it has some big ideas for social networking Shane Huntley / The Keyword : Buying Spying: How the commercial surveillance industry works and w...
According to six employees and an internal doc, TikTok and ByteDance staff engage in “heating”, or inflating video view counts, to court influencers and brands
TikTok and ByteDance employees regularly engage in “heating,” a manual push that ensures specific videos …
A flaw in Schneider Electric computer control systems, popular in buildings and utilities, can let attackers gain control, launch ransomware, and alter commands
(JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT/AFP via Getty Images) — A vulnerability in Schneider Electric computer control systems popular in heating …
CERT-Bund discovers a serious vulnerability in VLC for Windows, Unix, and Linux that allows for remote code execution and hasn't been patched yet
but VideoLAN says it is not reproducible Firstpost Tech : VLC media player has a ‘critical’ security flaw that can let the hackers in Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : Confusion about a rece...
Source: Twitter suspended hundreds of accounts for violating spam rules; the accounts had posted pro-Saudi Arabia tweets about the disappearance of Khashoggi
Khashoggi: Bots feed Saudi support after disappearance Matt Binder / Mashable : Twitter shuts down spambots spreading pro-Saudi hashtags related to Khashoggi disappearance Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing : ...