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Thinking of trying a bit of DDoSsing to get a feel for life at the fringes of the Dark Side? Don’t do it!

Microsoft warns of “permissions gap” security threat

New principles designed to disrupt and limit a rapidly growing market

Jenny Blessing and Ross Anderson have evaluated the security of systems designed to allow the various Internet messaging platforms to interoperate with each other:

The Digital Markets Act ruled that users on different platforms should be able to exchange messages with each other. This opens up a real Pandora’s box. How will the networks manage keys, authenticate users, and moderate content? How much metadata will have to be shared, and how?

In our latest paper, One Protocol to Rule Them All? On Securing Interoperable Messaging, we explore the security tensions, the conflicts of interest, the usability traps, and the likely consequences for individual and institutional behaviour.

Interoperability will vastly increase the attack surface at every level in the stack ­ from the cryptography up through usability to commercial incentives and the opportunities for government interference.

It’s a good idea in theory, but will likely result in the overall security being the worst of each platform’s security.

The malware campaign relying on this technique was observed abusing Tor Browser installers

White House says use of tools must be aligned with human rights

Bugcrowd is concerned about a lack of protection for ethical hackers

Solomon Ekunke Okpe and others made over $1m from online fraud

The move is expected to affect roughly 2.5 million government officials

The vulnerability refers to a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine