Twitter insiders are out of control, SecOps alumni allege - TechBeacon

Fix it, or bluebird gets it

After last week’s appalling Twitter hack, questions remain over the permissions given to @Twitter support staff.

Allegedly, thousands of contractors can access DMs and other private data, with no effective oversight. https://t.co/i7zCU1PSVO

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) July 30, 2020

Hack of Payday Lender ‘Dave’: All 7.5M Users Breached - Security Boulevard

I’m Sorry, Dave

Hackers breached @DaveSavesYou a few weeks ago, leaking the personal information of all of its users. And we’re only finding out about it now. https://t.co/0ATIHsWyxd

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) July 27, 2020

Garmin Users Furious as Ransomware Freezes Firm - Security Boulevard

Where Was I?

If you have a @Garmin #IoT thing, it’s probably fairly useless right now. That’s because the company is paralyzed after a #ransomware attack. https://t.co/G3wGtdngXZ

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) July 25, 2020

BIMI email standard: Security fix or privacy fail? - TechBeacon

GOOG: benevolent cloud provider or evil marketer?

Google’s @Gmail is joining in with the Brand Indicators for Message Identification effort (@BIMIgroup). #BIMI lets an email client display a brand’s logo in a message, if it passes authentication checks. https://t.co/epxkrKQyEz

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) July 23, 2020

CBP Scandal: Buying License Plate Scans - Security Boulevard

Big Brother Watching

😷 U.S. Customs and Border Protection is buying access to a huge private database of automatic license-plate recognition records (#LPR aka #ANPR).

And it’s legal (at least, nobody’s said it’s not). https://t.co/OsYtOlJ7gC

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) July 22, 2020