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Clubhouse, like many high-growth companies, started a bug bounty program before it had in place the necessary infrastructure or expertise to make it work, says one researcher. (Marco Verch Professional Photographer/CCC BY 2.0) Clubhouse has gone from not existing to a $4 billion valuation in just about a year. But, as bug bounty guru and Luta Security CEO Katie Moussouris describes in a new blog, that rapid growth primed them for a common security pitfall. Interesting, that security issue is n...

The Free Software Foundation has doubled down on its support for its founder, Richard Stallman, issuing a statement on Monday backing his reinstatemen...

The first woman to participate in the Pwn2Own hacking competition as an independent researchers has walked away empty-handed despite her attempt at ha...

iTWire Tuesday, 06 April 2021 06:37 Results of Debian vote on Stallman to be known by 17 April Shares Image by Hannah Edgman from Pixabay The outcome of a general resolution proposed by the Debian GNU/Linux project, to decide how to react to the return of Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman to the board, will be known on 17 April, with voting now underway. The original proposal for a GR was made by Steve Langasek, who also works for Canonical, the company behind ...

iTWire Saturday, 03 April 2021 08:24 More resignations at FSF over Stallman returning to board Featured The management team of the Free Software Foundation has resigned, following the stepping down of executive director, John Sullivan, on 29 March. A statement from Sullivan, deputy director John Hsieh, and chief technology officer Ruben Rodriguez on 30 March said: "As members of FSF management, we have decided to resign, with specific end dates to be determined. We belie...

Share this article Share this article REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, today announced that its Chief Information Security Officer Jaya Baloo will be moderating a panel discussion titled, "Ethics of Hacking: Doing Good with Security Skills" at the virtual SXSW Interactive Conference 2021. The session will be available to event attendees on-demand beginning Tuesday, March 16 at 10:15 a.m. Central Tim...

Cybersecurity pioneer gives $1 million for Penn State Law gender equity lab March 03, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Katie Moussouris, a leading researcher and entrepreneur in cybersecurity and vulnerability disclosure, has made a $1 million gift through her Pay Equity Now (PEN) Foundation to establish the Anuncia Donecia Songsong Manglona Lab for Gender and Economic Equity at Penn State Law in University Park. Named for Moussouris’s late mother, the “Manglona Lab” will initially include a...

Experts from across government, the private sector and security research community will vote on the most pressing issues in the field.

Clubhouse suffers breach as outside developer pulls audio to website SHARE The hot audio-based social app Clubhouse has apparently suffered a data breach, as a third-party developer designed an open-source app that allowed Android smartphone users to access the invite-only, iPhone-only service. Launched in March 2020, Clubhouse is an audio-based social app that allows users to join group chats spontaneously. It raised $100 million in funding in January. Despite being a...

Two breaches of the audio-based social media app reinforce privacy, security concerns.