Mon Feb 10 2020: Security in IoT, Extortion, and bug bounties

Today

• Data on Shadow I O T, not just Shadow IT

https://www.zdnet.com/article/shadow-it-and-now-shadow-iot-challenge-technology-leaders/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

• Extortionware is now a thing, moving beyond Ransomware

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/02/why-you-cant-bank-on-backups-to-fight-ransomware-anymore/

AND

• Facebook’s bug bounty program

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-bug-bounty-app-data-stealing/

 

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