Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we continue our look at family violence and spyware with reporting by Toby Halligan, Sayee Shree and Nicholas Kameniar Sandery. The post The Wild World of Spyware and Family Violence, pt 2 appeared first on The Informer.By Arion

A little hungover, a little hungry, and a lot over lockdown. This week we talk gripes, reverse gripes, and continue last weeks tradition of grandparent stories.Thank you Bike Thiefs for the riffs!By with RJ, Skyler, and Mikey

Threatpost editors Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch and Tara Seals discuss the top security news stories of the week, including: Reports emerged earlier this week that the Minneapolis police department had been breached by hacktivist group Anonymous. Security expert Troy Hunt debunked the reports, however. Zoom sparked debate after announcing that it would …

The Experts flash back to 1999 and the tragic passing of Owen Hart, hard to believe its been 20 years. Also gripe and go on and on about our early retirement plans (schemes)Thank you Bike Thiefs for the ripper of an intro!By with RJ, Skyler, and Mikey

In 2017, Bitcoin was winning. Money, attention, success poured out of every seam. It appeared that a golden age had dawned. But just under the surface, the network was teetering on the verge of collapse. Technical problems that were just nuisances when the community was small now became glaring and potentially lethal. Debates among tight communitie…

Zoom gets end-to-end encryption. ACLU takes Clearview to court, but maybe they should worry about their own website first The state of drive-by malvertising downloads Google will be bad listing notification abusing sites Who else is doing the eBay-like ThreatMetrix port scanning? Facebook to require identity verification for high impact posters Goo…

Zoom gets end-to-end encryption. ACLU takes Clearview to court, but maybe they should worry about their own website first The state of drive-by malvertising downloads Google will be bad listing notification abusing sites Who else is doing the eBay-like ThreatMetrix port scanning? Facebook to require identity verification for high impact posters Goo…

Zoom gets end-to-end encryption. ACLU takes Clearview to court, but maybe they should worry about their own website first The state of drive-by malvertising downloads Google will be bad listing notification abusing sites Who else is doing the eBay-like ThreatMetrix port scanning? Facebook to require identity verification for high impact posters Goo…

Zoom gets end-to-end encryption. ACLU takes Clearview to court, but maybe they should worry about their own website first The state of drive-by malvertising downloads Google will be bad listing notification abusing sites Who else is doing the eBay-like ThreatMetrix port scanning? Facebook to require identity verification for high impact posters Goo…

With the proliferation of cloud in enterprise environments, identity today is very different than how it used to be. Threatpost host Cody Hackett talks to Brian Johnson, CEO and co-founder of DivvyCloud, about how identity access management (IAM) is rapidly changing - and how businesses can keep up.By Mike Mimoso, Chris Brook

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we speak to Victorian Greens Senator Janet Rice about the Greens’ plan for the economy. And gay men are under attack in Morocco – some with nowhere to go. The post How to get the Australian economy going again? The Greens’ plan appeared first on The Informer.…

Ontario was thinking about reopening and then immediately a bunch of dorks in Toronto ruined it for everyone. We Experts also had some wild times last weekend, but from the comfort of our own homes or kitchen floors in Rjs case.Bike Thiefs are sick and follow them!By with RJ, Skyler, and Mikey

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Continuing our chat with Jeremy O’Connor from UniSA about creative industries. And we have a weekend update from Frock Hudson! The post So, there’s no creative industries policy… what now? appeared first on The Informer.By Arion

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Yes, that’s true. Nearly every OECD country has an arts and creative industries policy. But Australia doesn’t. What does that mean? We speak to Justin O’Connor from UniSA about why it matters. The post Wait, Australia doesn’t have a creative industries policy?! appeared first on The Informer.…

Contact tracing apps are not going to work. Why contact tracing apps are never going to work Unc0ver: There's a new iOS jailbreak in town, and as jailbreaks go, it looks VERY nice! Firefox 77 picks up a nifty new security trick New features in Chrome 83: cookie management, "Safety Check," blocking third-party cookies by default in Incognito mode, a…

Contact tracing apps are not going to work. Why contact tracing apps are never going to work Unc0ver: There's a new iOS jailbreak in town, and as jailbreaks go, it looks VERY nice! Firefox 77 picks up a nifty new security trick New features in Chrome 83: cookie management, "Safety Check," blocking third-party cookies by default in Incognito mode, a…

Contact tracing apps are not going to work. Why contact tracing apps are never going to work Unc0ver: There's a new iOS jailbreak in town, and as jailbreaks go, it looks VERY nice! Firefox 77 picks up a nifty new security trick New features in Chrome 83: cookie management, "Safety Check," blocking third-party cookies by default in Incognito mode, a…

Contact tracing apps are not going to work. Why contact tracing apps are never going to work Unc0ver: There's a new iOS jailbreak in town, and as jailbreaks go, it looks VERY nice! Firefox 77 picks up a nifty new security trick New features in Chrome 83: cookie management, "Safety Check," blocking third-party cookies by default in Incognito mode, a…

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY A recent study published in PLOS ONE looked into the attitudes of 30,000 Australians living with HIV regarding clinical research into a cure for HIV and how willing they were to contribute to clinical trials. The Informer spoke with Dr Jennifer Powers, a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Cen…

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today we have a special long-form interview with Daniel Witthaus from NICHE, the National Institute for Challenging Homophobia Education. It’s a group that works to create safer spaces and better outcomes for LGBTIQA+ people in rural and regional areas. The post NICHE – Combating homophobia in rural and reg…

Amit Serper was doing a routine inspection on a client’s network, when he came across a suspicious-looking pen-testing tool, exhibiting RAT-like behavior. We’ll follow Amit’s investigation, and in the process learn the basics of cyber research. The post No Honor Among Thieves appeared first on Malicious Life.…

Another fun one with topics and discussions.Bike Thiefs are great and their intro is great and check them out on all the socialsBy with RJ, Skyler, and Mikey

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY We talk about spyware and family violence in this special retrospective episode of The Informer with reporting by Toby Halligan, Sayee Shree and Nicholas Kameniar-Sandery The post The Wild Word of Spyware and Family Violence, part 1 appeared first on The Informer.…

Verizon's 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), released Tuesday, analyzed 32,002 security incidents and 3,950 data breaches across 16 industry verticals. While cyber-espionage attacks and malware decreased, other trends, such as security "errors" (like misconfigurations, etc.), denial of service (DoS) attack and web application attacks sa…

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY New research from Monash University links the postal marriage equality survey no electorates with worse health outcomes for LGBTIQA+ people. In part due to stigmatization (real or perceived). And what does it look like when a council affirms the Darlington Statement? The post ‘No’ electorates and health out…

WiFi 6, Apple vs. FBI, face masks. Last Tuesday's Windows patch Tuesday was not the biggest ever, but it was the 3rd largest in Microsoft's history, weighing in with a whopping 111 CVE-tracked bug fixes, 16 of which were rated CRITICAL and all but one of which enabled Remote Code Execution by an attacker. The DOJ and FBI again criticize Apple over …

WiFi 6, Apple vs. FBI, face masks. Last Tuesday's Windows patch Tuesday was not the biggest ever, but it was the 3rd largest in Microsoft's history, weighing in with a whopping 111 CVE-tracked bug fixes, 16 of which were rated CRITICAL and all but one of which enabled Remote Code Execution by an attacker. The DOJ and FBI again criticize Apple over …

WiFi 6, Apple vs. FBI, face masks. Last Tuesday's Windows patch Tuesday was not the biggest ever, but it was the 3rd largest in Microsoft's history, weighing in with a whopping 111 CVE-tracked bug fixes, 16 of which were rated CRITICAL and all but one of which enabled Remote Code Execution by an attacker. The DOJ and FBI again criticize Apple over …

WiFi 6, Apple vs. FBI, face masks. Last Tuesday's Windows patch Tuesday was not the biggest ever, but it was the 3rd largest in Microsoft's history, weighing in with a whopping 111 CVE-tracked bug fixes, 16 of which were rated CRITICAL and all but one of which enabled Remote Code Execution by an attacker. The DOJ and FBI again criticize Apple over …

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY It’s National Volunteer Week. Today, we speak to Adrienne Picone from Volunteering Australia about their Wave for Volunteers initiative. And we speak to JOY 94.9’s CEO Ange Barry about how the organisation is moving to empower volunteers in a time of great change. The post Wave for Volunteers! And, how JOY …

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY A look at how the Scott Johnson murder investigation is going and we take you back to the XR protests last year. The post Update on the Scott Johnson murder investigation appeared first on The Informer.By Arion

Threatpost editors discuss the top news stories of the week ended May 15, including: Recent ransomware attacks, including ones targeting healthcare giant Magellan, the IT office that supports Texas appellate courts and judicial agencies, and a popular law firm that works with several A-list celebrities, including Lady Gaga, Drake and Madonna. "Doub…

Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY There’s exciting news – Logan Mucha has released a new film, We’re All in This Together, available for streaming now. And Nicholas Kameniar Sandery has a book review! http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_informer/p/joy.org.au/theinformer/wp-content/uploads/sites/316/2020/05/2020_05_15_InfDaily.mp3 Podcast: Play in…