Encryption Faces an Existential Threat in Europe
That’s a lot of lawyers. They [Big Tech] are throwing literally hundreds of millions of euros at this problem. And as much as Ms. Vestager is committed to fighting this, … Read More
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Here’s How Bad a Twitter Mega-Breach Would Be
“Twitter has seemingly neglected security for a very long time, and with all the changes, there is risk for sure,” says David Kennedy, CEO of the incident response firm TrustedSec, … Read More
If Musk Starts Firing Twitter’s Security Team, Run
Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion after the least sexy will-they-won’t-they saga of all time. And while Musk attempted to reassure advertisers yesterday that “Twitter obviously cannot become … Read More
A Sprawling Bot Network Used Fake Porn to Fool Facebook
In November 2021, Tord Lundström, the technical director at Swedish digital forensics nonprofit Qurium Media, noticed something strange. A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was targeting Bulatlat, an … Read More
The Twitter Whistleblower Plays Right Into Elon Musk’s Hands
“This throws gasoline into the fire around the bot issue with Musk and Twitter,” says Dan Ives, managing director and senior equity analyst at Wedbush Securities. “For the Musk camp … Read More