16 Nov 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/16/2023

FBI Director: FISA Section 702 warrant requirement a 'de facto ban'  FBI director Christopher Wray made yet another impassioned plea to US lawmakers to kill a proposed warrant requirement for so-called "US person queries" of data collected via the Feds' favorite snooping tool, FISA Section 702. This controversial amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire at the end of December unless Congress reauthorizes it. As the deadline draws near, and reform looms, the FBI and other…
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06 Jul 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 07/06/2022

Rising threats spark US scramble for cyber workers The federal government and private sector are facing increasing pressure to fill key cyber roles as high-profile attacks and international threats rattle various U.S. sectors. Workforce shortages have been a long-running issue in cyber, but they have taken on renewed importance amid rising Russian threats stemming from the war in Ukraine. “It’s an issue that the government faces as well as the private sector, state and local…
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03 May 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 05/03/2021

1 - European Commission finds Apple's App Store in violation of EU competition rules Apple is currently facing several antitrust battles across the US, Europe, and Australia, for allegedly exerting monopolistic power over the App Store and using it to put competitors at a disadvantage. This has even led to the creation of a "Coalition for App Fairness" to promote freedom of choice and the idea of alternative app stores in the Apple ecosystem. Following a…
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17 Aug 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 08/17/2020

Instagram Retained Deleted Photos and Messages on Its Servers for Over a Year Instagram has awarded a security researcher a $6,000 bug bounty payout after he found photos and private direct messages on the platform's servers that he had deleted more than a year ago (via TechCrunch). Saugat Pokharel discovered that his content hadn't been removed in October after downloading a copy of his data from the photo-sharing app. Instagram introduced the download option two years ago to…
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