Data Safety and Information Security

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The danger of target=_blank and opener | Pixelstech.net
The danger of target=_blank and opener | Pixelstech.net
When want to open a new page in a new tab on clicking a link on a page, the usual way of achieving this is to use target="_blank" property in a tag. However, the use of this leaves space for
·pixelstech.net·
The danger of target=_blank and opener | Pixelstech.net
New vehicles a "privacy nightmare" where you consent to carmakers collecting data on behavioral, biological, even sexual activity | Boing Boing
New vehicles a "privacy nightmare" where you consent to carmakers collecting data on behavioral, biological, even sexual activity | Boing Boing
To buy a new car in 2023 is to jump into a privacy nightmare, reports the Mozilla Foundation. The heavily-computerized and connected modern vehicles constantly collect and promiscuously share perso…
·boingboing.net·
New vehicles a "privacy nightmare" where you consent to carmakers collecting data on behavioral, biological, even sexual activity | Boing Boing
*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products
*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed
·foundation.mozilla.org·
*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products
SBOMs, SBOMs Everywhere
SBOMs, SBOMs Everywhere
Security organizations like OWASP and the OpenSSF are working to make tooling more accessible and dev-friendly to drive adoption and wider usage.
·thenewstack.io·
SBOMs, SBOMs Everywhere
Why PayPal's global Passkey Rollout makes sense: September 2023 Update & Insights into Passkey-Readiness
Why PayPal's global Passkey Rollout makes sense: September 2023 Update & Insights into Passkey-Readiness
This article is about the analysis of passkey-readiness and how things have changed from 2022 to 2023. Detailed real-life data that has been gathered over the past 12 months is analyzed. Findings regarding the type of passkeys (synced vs. non-synced), specific operating system and browser combinations are discussed, as well as three sample projects.
·corbado.com·
Why PayPal's global Passkey Rollout makes sense: September 2023 Update & Insights into Passkey-Readiness
Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project
Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project
Today, we are officially introducing a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent against denial of service (DoS) attacks with the release of Tor 0.4.8.
·blog.torproject.org·
Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project
AI generated porn: A dark side of AI -
AI generated porn: A dark side of AI -
AI generated porn is one of the worst sides of the technological advancements. Just like every coin has two sides, just like everything has good as well as
·unravelfuture.com·
AI generated porn: A dark side of AI -
Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?
Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?
Domain names ending in “.US” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. This is noteworthy because .US is overseen by the U.S. government, which is frequently the…
·krebsonsecurity.com·
Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?
What is Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC)? | Permit
What is Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC)? | Permit
What is Relationship Based Access Control, when should it be used, how can you implement it in your application, and how can you provide a UI for managing it?
·permit.io·
What is Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC)? | Permit
We're Living in a Passwordless World
We're Living in a Passwordless World
From passwords to passwordless — learn about how to elevate your authentication security.
·developer.okta.com·
We're Living in a Passwordless World
What Are You Securing? - DevOps.com
What Are You Securing? - DevOps.com
In the case of information security, we need to ask, “What, exactly, are we trying to protect?” Don MacVittie explains.
·devops.com·
What Are You Securing? - DevOps.com
Invisible QR codes embed object data into infrared tags
Invisible QR codes embed object data into infrared tags
Barcodes and QR codes feel like they’re everywhere nowadays, but they don’t have to be. Scientists at MIT have developed an invisible tagging system called BrightMarker, which embeds fluorescent tags into objects that can be viewed and tracked through an infrared camera.
·newatlas.com·
Invisible QR codes embed object data into infrared tags
Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.
Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.
In large metropolitan areas, tourists are often easy to spot because they're far more inclined than locals to gaze upward at the surrounding skyscrapers. Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions…
·krebsonsecurity.com·
Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.