The Tricky Aftermath of Source Code Leaks
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Lapsus$ hackers leaked Microsoft’s Bing and Cortana source code. How bad is that, really?
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TSA’s Terrorist Watch List Comes for Amtrak Passengers
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Microsoft seizes Russian GRU domains, Cash App’s data breach, and Obama’s disinfo admission.
Read moreHow Russia’s Invasion Triggered a US Crackdown on Its Hackers
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:49:01 +0000
The Biden White House is using “all of the levers of national power” to counter—or preempt—cyberattacks by Russia’s most dangerous hacker groups.
Read moreWatchGuard Didn’t Explicitly Disclose a Flaw Exploited by Hackers
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000
The security vendor kept a critical vulnerability in its firewall appliances quiet even as it was under attack from a Russian hacking group.
Read moreThe Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web’s Biggest Child Abuse Site
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000
They thought their payments were untraceable. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The untold story of the case that shredded the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity.
Read moreThe Senate Bill That Has Big Tech Scared
Credit to Author: Gilad Edelman| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
The proposal would stop the biggest platforms from giving themselves an advantage over the little guys. Who’s afraid of a little competition?
Read moreInside the Takedown that Shredded the Myth of Crypto’s Anonymity
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000
The users of the largest known child sex abuse site in history thought their bitcoins were untraceable. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
Read moreWindows 11 — we haven’t seen anything, yet
Credit to Author: Rob Enderle| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:24:00 -0700
Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.
Microsoft this week had an analyst event about Windows 11 and a variety of productivity, management, and security features the company has planned. Over the last couple of years, Microsoft has aggressively improved both Windows and Office 365, but the big change ahead is the potential blend of Windows with Windows 365. We’ll see that start by the end of the year. The end game should be what appears to be a Windows desktop that integrates so well with the cloud that it can, when necessary, seamlessly switch between instances to comply with company policy, assure security, and provide recourse on automatic demand from Azure Cloud.
Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces.
Read moreMeta Tries to Break the End-to-End Encryption Deadlock
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
A new report Meta commissioned aims to redefine comprehensive encryption as essential to protecting human rights.
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