Cybersecurity

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Teenager cracks open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts — lack of JWT token validation yields a fruitful trove

a Flock license plate reader mounted on a stoplight at an intersection

It could also potentially be used to track key personnel heading to and from sensitive sites like military bases, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement headquarters.

Not very practical yet, but could serve as the basis for future improvements.

Asus eShop hit by data breach — customer contact details and order information revealed

a North Korean hacker in front of the DPRK flag

If it's too good to be true, it probably is.

Intel’s bug bounty program on Intigriti now shows as suspended, and a new Intel disclosure program there pays no bounties.

A team of white-hat hackers from cybersecurity startup Hackron AI has successfully hacked OpenAI using Claude tools.

a Flock camera with a street in the background

Flock claims that images are only briefly stored on its cameras before being forwarded to the company’s servers, but a group of hackers determined that this wasn’t the case.

Be sure to test this in a virtual machine.

Russian national faces US charges over a phishing campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 PCs and stole credentials and personal data

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