Airbnb open-sources malware scanning framework. AWS releases data monitoring service. One vulnerability affects Git, Mercurial and SVN.

Looks pretty awesome. It's built on AWS and uses YARA to pattern-match all files against known threats.

It looks at data coming in and out and reports anomalies. It also detects and reports certain data types like addresses and social security numbers. The Amazon blog has a walkthrough post of the service.

An interesting vulnerability was found in all three versioning systems, where by cloning a certain repository URL could lead to command execution. All have been patched.

He's allowed back online and will soon get his devices back, but is on house arrest and needs to wear a GPS tracker.

This was previously rolled out to Android too. When a user clicks a suspicious link they get a pop-up. Links that are known to be malicious get a more stern warning.

Over the course of 25 days a total of 272 vulnerabilities were found and over $130.000 will be awarded. The top earning position is held by a 17-year old hacker, kudos!

These are often used by AirBnb hosts. Over-the-air updates are always a tricky business.

Nice article on how Estonia got started as the 'digital pioneer' by having been the center of software and hardware for the USSR, and how they set up their citizen data framework called X-road.

Great article by Brian Krebs with an in-depth look of how the DDoS-for-hire service operated, how it did customer support, and how it got hacked, leaking information on its customers.

Since I feel that way too few people know about SPF, DMARC (and for that matter, DKIM), I thought I'd share this short and clear article on what SPF and DMARC do.

A -very- in-depth guide on how to secure your Mac. Worth checking out.