Oops! Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users - Security Boulevard

‘Oops’ not Even the Half of It: Facebook parent Meta has disciplined or fired at least 25 workers for allegedly hacking into user accounts. Some of the workers were contract security guards, we’re told.

All these questions and more will be asked in today’s #SBBlogwatch.

Please tell me it’s the weekend tomorrow.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/arliO84TlE

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 18, 2022

Data Centers IN SPAAACE | Discord GDPR Fine | AWS Fires Dead Wood - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: To write about life, first you must live it.

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ The #EU wants to put servers in orbit,
2⃣ a #GDPR penalty for @Discord, and
3⃣ @AWSCloud has the hatchet out.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/IvBX6yI6Pp #DevOps #ASCEND

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 17, 2022

Track this: Apple, Google hit with BIG privacy law claims - ReversingLabs

The state of disunion: Within the space of a few days, both Google and Apple have suffered huge legal challenges. The two tech titans were accused of various privacy violations.

3/ #Google lost a long standing privacy case, with more in the works. And now #Apple faces a big ol’ privacy #ClassAction.

In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we navigate the minefield.

For @ReversingLabs’ @SecuredSoftware: https://t.co/tv9KECQfSM

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 16, 2022

Google Pixel Can be Unlocked via SIM Swap (Other Android Phones, Too) - Security Boulevard

PUK Phun: A Hungarian researcher found a nasty Android security bug. If you insert a new SIM and type in the SIM’s personal unlocking key (PUK), the phone just dismisses the lock screen.

3/ #CVE202220465 is the vulnerability ID.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we search for the lost SIM eject tool.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/aA0X2Llwcp

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 15, 2022