❗ Action Alerts Calls to action, if any stories in this section are relevant to you there is some action you should take. SAMBA have patched a critical bug in their open source implementation of Microsoft’s Active Directory, if you use SAMBA, patch ASAP! — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… The commonly used open source crypto library GnuTLS has […]
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Security Bits — 24 July 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇷🇺 Russia’s hostility towards western companies continues as it adds Apple to the list of companies it’s fining for not storing Russian citizens data in Russia (Twitch, Pinterest, Airbnb, UPS & Google had already […]
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits — 10 July 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇪🇺 The Digital Markets Act (DMA) & Digital Services Act (DSA) have both moved one step closer to going into effect, having been approved in the European Parliament. The final step is formal approval […]
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits — 26 June 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. An interim report on the EU’s investigation of the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware reveals that the company has admitted to selling its product in at least five EU countries (the company are not sure […]
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits with Bart Busschots — 12 June 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 An interesting (and slightly depressing) look at the DOJ’s change in official policy around the CFAA from the security researcher’s POV: What Counts as “Good Faith Security Research?” — krebsonsecurity.com/… Social Media Developments […]
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits — 29 May 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The existing Yorkie-Pro GPS tracker finder from Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS) which is already used by law enforcement has received a free firmware update to allow it find AirTags too — www.macobserver.com/… 🇺🇸 The […]
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits — 15 May 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇪🇺 The enforcement of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (the first of the two big bills to be announced) has been delayed until 2023 — www.macobserver.com/… (We did a deep-dive on it in early […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇪🇸 Spain implicated in Pegasus spyware attack on Catalan politicians — www.imore.com/… Social Media Updates: Instagram will now rank based on originality & improve product and people tagging — www.imore.com/… You Can Now Ask […]
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits — 17 April 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine continues to affect IT: 🇷🇺 Twitter have made two policy changes: (www.imore.com/…) In line with international law, government accounts won’t be allowed to post images of POWs Twitter’s […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 More fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: 🇷🇺 Courts in Russia Declare Meta an “Extremist Organization,” Ban App — www.macobserver.com/… (WhatsApp) 🇷🇺 Google News appears to have been blocked in Russia — […]
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