Facebook threatens to block sharing of news stories in Australia In a response to pressure from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that would require Facebook and Google to negotiate with media publishers and pay them for content that appears…
Cyber Security Headlines – August 31, 2020
Cyber Security Headlines – August 31, 2020
China’s new salvo in TikTok war means restrictions on AI technology exports New restrictions, unveiled Friday by China’s ministries in charge of commerce, science and technology, restrict technologies such as text analysis, content recommendation, speech modeling and voice-recognition from being…
Cyber Security Headlines – August 26, 2020
Cyber Security Headlines – August 26, 2020
Epic judge will protect Unreal Engine — but not Fortnite Epic Games has won a partial victory against Apple thanks to a temporary restraining order that forbids Apple from terminating Epic’s developer accounts or restricting use of Epic’s Unreal Engine…
Cyber Security Headlines – August 24, 2020
Cyber Security Headlines – August 24, 2020
TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over U.S. ban TikTok has confirmed plans to sue the Trump administration as early as this week over the executive order that bans U.S. transactions with the app and its owner, ByteDance. The executive…
Cyber Security Headlines – August 19, 2020
Cyber Security Headlines – August 19, 2020
Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s US operations Oracle has become the latest contender to purchase TikTok, following President Trump’s promise to shut it down unless it is taken over by a US company by mid-November. Oracle is working with…
API Security and Business Logic – Seeing the Forest as Well as the Trees
API Security and Business Logic – Seeing the Forest as Well as the Trees
When security specialists focus on APIs as part of their discipline, they run the risk of not seeing the forest for the trees, which is precisely what bad actors count on. When the overarching business logic is overlooked, all the…