Period Tracking Apps and Your Privacy, Vendor Impersonation Attacks, LockBit Ransomware Bug Bounty Program
Period tracker apps are causing privacy concerns because they could potentially be used against women in states that ban abortion, new research shows that vendors are being impersonated more than employees in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, and details on the first ever bug bounty program from the creators of the LockBit ransomware operation.
** Links mentioned on the show **
How period tracking apps and data privacy fit into a post-Roe v. Wade climate
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097482967/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-abortion-period-apps
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/which-period-tracking-apps-are-secure-to-use-data-privacy-questioned-post-roe-v-wade/ar-AAYXF9C
https://source.colostate.edu/period-tracker-apps-privacy-roe-wade/
New Trend in Business Email Compromise Emerges as Vendor Impersonation Overtakes CEO Fraud
https://www.galvnews.com/news_ap/business/article_cab81f33-b5f9-5206-bd84-8ce5fb696d6b.html
LockBit 3.0 introduces the first ransomware bug bounty program
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-30-introduces-the-first-ransomware-bug-bounty-program/
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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from The Shared Security Show authored by Tom Eston. Read the original post at: https://sharedsecurity.net/2022/07/04/period-tracking-apps-and-your-privacy-vendor-impersonation-attacks-lockbit-ransomware-bug-bounty-program/
