Profile of Ifeoma Ozoma as she launches The Tech Worker Handbook, an online guide for tech workplace complaints, and Silenced No More Act becomes California law
- Ifeoma Ozoma, a former employee at Pinterest and Google, just published a resource guide for tech workers who are considering … Tweets: @ashleygjovik , @jenn_elias , @joshbbornstein , @ifeomaozoma ,...
Creators of PunkSpider say they're relaunching their search engine for hackable sites at Defcon next week to spur web admins to fix thousands of unpatched bugs
in the hope of shaming site owners into fixing them. https://www.wired.com/... Thomas Brewster / @iblametom : PunkSpider was super interesting when it first launched but was plagued with legal and com...
A task force of 60+ experts from industry, government, nonprofits, and academia calls on the US and allies to take steps to fight a surge in ransomware attacks
the Secret Weapon to Combatting Ransomware Danny Palmer / ZDNet : Ransomware is now a national security risk. This group thinks it knows how to defeat it Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Expert task for...
Sources: US is investigating a recently discovered hack against federal agencies that used a vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN, that began during Trump years
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told a panel of House Appropriators … Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : How Are Those Cyber Security Vendors Performing? (Yes, That Is the Correct Word) Tweets: Chris Bin...
Dan Kaminsky, the celebrated security researcher widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws and Sony Rootkit infections, has died at 42
Saddened by news of the death of Dan Kaminsky, a member of the ICANN Trusted … Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : The cybersecurity researcher Dan Kaminsky has died Tweets: Sarah B / @sarahbrie :...
Interviews with three women working at NSA and Cyber Command highlight the progress made in gender equality in recent years and the work that still remains
WIRED spoke with three women working in cybersecurity in the US intelligence committee about the progress of recent years and the work that remains. Tweets: @lilyhnewman , @k8em0 , @zackwhittaker , @t...
Profile of Katie Moussouris, a pioneer of the bug bounty model, who sees her failed lawsuit against Microsoft as a test case for pay equity claims in tech
Russell Brandom / The Verge : Tweets: @jwgoerlich , @verge , @_noid_ , and @webjedi Tweets: J Wolfgang Goerlich / @jwgoerlich : “We are trying to achieve pay equity across all genders and races in th...
Sources: Chinese hackers are thought to have hacked a payroll agency inside the US Dept. of Agriculture in 2020 by exploiting another bug in SolarWinds software
Update Now Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek : China-Linked Hackers Exploited SolarWinds Flaw in U.S. Government Attack: Report Phil Muncaster / infosecurity-magazine.com : US Payroll Agency Targeted in Se...
Profile of Maddie Stone, who leads Google's Project Zero team that studies and neuters actively exploited Android malware
The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world's most dangerous exploits—along with antiquated hacker stereotypes. — EVEN WITH A knee injury, Maddie Stone is formidable. Tweets: @how...
California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft
what's next? Mathew Katz / Digital Trends : Uber says drivers aren't an essential part of its business Danielle Abril / Fortune : Uber, Lyft, and Other Gig Economy Companies Push Back on New Californi...