8th July 2008: Several DNS vendors released patches to mitigate an attack method discovered by Dan Kaminsky which could be used to cause DNS cache poisoning. Kaminsky had discovered the vulnerability 6 months prior and reported it to vendors privately so they could address it. RIP, Dan.

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1942695691270193211

10th July 1999: Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) member DilDog debuted the program Back Orifice 2000 (BO2k) at DEF CON 7. It was the successor to Back Orifice, released by cDc a year prior. DilDog proclaimed it "a remote administration tool for corporate America".

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1943440335608385876

Outsourced Trust: How Coinbase's $400M Problem Started in an Indian Call Center

The GPS Leak No One Talked About: Uffizio’s Silent Exposure

Hundreds of Malicious Domains Registered Ahead of Prime Day

M&S Chair Details Ransomware Attack, Declines to Confirm if Payment Was Made

Chinese State-Sponsored Hacker Charged Over COVID-19 Research Theft

Qantas Confirms 5.7 Million Customers Hit by Data Breach

Tribunal Ruling Brings ICO’s £12.7m TikTok Fine Closer

Four Arrested in Connection with April UK Retail Attacks

TikTok's Handling of EU User Data in China Comes Under Scrutiny Again

LLMs Fall Short in Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation

MPs Warn of “Significant” Iranian Cyber-Threat to UK

https://x.com/krezae/status/1943463109173338558

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27th June 2007: Live Free or Die Hard was released. Cop John McClane partners with hacker Matt Farrell to stop cyberterrorists trying to take down the US's infrastructure. Traceroute (1337!) is used to find the ringleader's location, then McClane kills him by shooting HIS OWN shoulder.

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1938731279937057144

1st July 2003: California's data breach notification law went into effect. California became the first US state to require disclosure of breaches of personal information.
https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1940220561080332760

Meta calls €200M EU fine over pay-or-consent ad model 'unlawful'

Meet Soham Parekh, the engineer burning through tech by working at three to four startups simultaneously

https://x.com/nickvangilder/status/1940110830085054891

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17th June 1995: Spyglass goes public

World Wide Web software producer Spyglass Inc. went public, the year after it had begun distributing its Spyglass Mosaic software, an early browser for navigating the Web. With previous year's earnings at $7 million, Spyglass was founded by students at the Illinois Supercomputing Center, which also inspired Netscape Communications Corp.

https://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/june/27/#spyglass-goes-public

26th June 1989: Robert Tappan Morris (who released the Morris worm in 1988) became the first person to be indicted under the US's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), enacted by Congress 3 years earlier. He was later sentenced to three years of probation and fined $10,050

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1938292354965770278

Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore

Meta’s AI training on copyrighted content is ‘fair use’, US judge says

https://x.com/filip_dragovic/status/1937932750415086010

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