Virginia passes consumer data protection law | IT PRO
Eastern state follows California in offering consumers opt-out for data processing
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SecTor Security Con9 hours ago
This research from Cornell discusses how #Apple's #Bluetooth-based offline finding feature tracks down devices - and how that could render people vulnerable to location correlation attacks. https://t.co/8H6uHJpj8Q #privacy
Building a privacy-first future for web advertising
Learn about the latest progress with the Privacy Sandbox initiative.
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Inside ‘TALON,’ the Nationwide Network of AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
Hundreds of pages of emails obtained by Motherboard show how little-known company Flock has expanded from surveilling individual neighborhoods into a network of smart cameras that spans the United States.
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SecTor Security Con1 day ago
#Chrome 89 is out, and it patches a vuln that is being exploited in the wild. https://t.co/gSp2uox42a #Google #browser #cybersecurity
How I Might Have Hacked Any Microsoft Account - The Zero Hack
This article is about how I found a vulnerability on Microsoft online services that might have allowed anyone to takeover any Microsoft account without consent permission. Microsoft security team patched the issue and rewarded me $50,000 as a part of their Identity Bounty Program. After...
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Here's an interesting little tool for scanning #Github repos and finding secrets in the commit history. https://t.co/Ddp3bIqUry Don't forget to put all your environment variables in a single doc and include it in .gitignore, now. #git #SoftwareDeveloper #cybersecurity https://t.co/ASBJErq0qA
Is Your Browser Extension a Botnet Backdoor? — Krebs on Security
A company that rents out access to more than 10 million Web browsers so that clients can hide their true Internet addresses has built its network by paying browser extension makers to quietly include its code in their creations. This story examines the lopsided economics...
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Breaker one-niner. Into #hacking software-defined radio? This Universal Radio Hacker kit gives you everything you need to get started. https://t.co/zRRhr9pHH1 #radio #RF https://t.co/vH8F6MHrji
Hackers release a new jailbreak tool for almost every iPhone – TechCrunch
The jailbreak group said it used its "own exploit" for a vulnerability that Apple said was "actively exploited" by hackers.
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Everything you wanted to know about #XSS attacks and how to prevent them. https://t.co/SK8tvH0sAu #webapps #cybersecurity #webdevelopment https://t.co/t9yeyIAqRe
SecTor4 months ago
We have a smart new generation who understands how to get around computer systems — some are doing it just for fun, while others are doing it with a slightly ...
SecTor4 months ago
Cambridge Analytica paid a data scientist 800k to develop an app called 'This is Your Digital Life'. Facebook gave it a platform, and soon Analytica had the data ...