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News alert: SquareX’s “Year of Browser Bugs” project exposes critical cybersecurity blind spots

The Last Watchdog

Notable projects included the Month of Browser Bugs (July 2006), Month of Kernel Bugs (November 2006), and Month of Apple Bugs (January 2007). MOB projects played a huge role in improving the gravity at which security and responsible disclosure are taken in these companies.

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Open Subtitles breach: The dangers of password reuse

Malwarebytes

“He gained access to all users’ data – email, username, password…He promised the data would be erased and he would help us secure the site after the payment. The site was created in 2006 with little knowledge of security, so passwords were stored in md5() hashes without salt”. Money troubles.

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RSA 2022 Musings: The Past and The Future of Security

Anton on Security

A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2013 and Endpoint Agent Re-Emergence RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts!

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RSA 2022 Musings: The Past and The Future of Security

Security Boulevard

A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! RSA 2019: Happily Not Over-AI’d. RSA 2017: What’s The Theme?

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