Cybersecurity Threats Targeting InfoSec Researchers and Apple's Executive Shuffle

Twitter acquires a Substack competitor. It’s also iterating product in terms of… check’s notes: content moderation? The black hats are targeting the white hats in infosec. Interesting executive shuffle at Apple. A $2500 smartphone from Sony that really might be a “pro” device. And would you let me put a 5G gear box in your front lawn? You might not have a choice.

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Links:

• Twitter acquiring newsletter publishing company Revue (Axios)
• Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation (NBC News)
• Google warns of ‘novel social engineering method’ used to hack security researchers (The Verge)
• Dan Riccio Transitioning to New Project, John Ternus to Lead Apple's Hardware Engineering Team (MacRumors)
• Sony’s creator-focused Xperia Pro arrives in the US priced at $2,499 (The Verge)
• Americans spend average of $47 a month on streaming services (The Desk)
• 5G boxes are coming to people’s homes, whether they want them or not (The Verge)

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