05 Jul 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 7/5/2024

Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users Last week, a hacker claimed to have stolen 33 million phone numbers from U.S. messaging giant Twilio. On Tuesday, Twilio confirmed to TechCrunch that “threat actors” were able to identify the phone number of people who use Authy, a popular two-factor authentication app owned by Twilio. In a post on a well-known hacking forum, the hacker or hackers known as ShinyHunters wrote that…
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06 Jul 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 07/06/2023

Singapore tells crypto operators: act like grown up financial institutions  Singapore has joined the ranks of nations requiring digital payment operators to follow the same sort of regulations and customer protection requirements that apply to conventional financial institutions. In measures floated in October 2022 and to be enacted by the end of 2023, Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS) will require operators to hold customer assets under a statutory trust segregated from their own assets. Crypto outfits are…
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13 Nov 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/13/2020

Japan’s creepy robot wolf scares away crop-raiding deer, bears A Japanese town has deployed robot wolves in the hopes of scaring away bears and other wildlife that can damage crops -- or potentially injure residents. The robot, simply named "Monster Wolf," is being tested in a town called Takikawa, located on the Hokkaido island in Northern Japan.  As reported by JAPANkyo, the 'scarecrow' has been created by Ohta Seiki and measures roughly 24-inches long, sporting a furry body, four…
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