Day: October 6, 2020

Trump says COVID-19 stimulus negotiations are over until after the election – CNET

The president says after he is reelected on Nov. 3, Congress “will pass a major stimulus bill.” …read more Source:: CNet


Grindr’s Bug Bounty Pledge Doesn’t Translate to Security

At SAS@Home, Luta Security CEO Katie Moussouris stressed that bug bounty programs aren’t a ‘silver bullet’ for security teams. …read more Source:: Threatpost


The WAN of opportunity: Funnily enough, home Wi-Fi sales see ‘sudden spike’ amid pandemic, not so much for biz

Analyst predicts five good years as homeworking and refresh cycles meld The COVID-19 pandemic has proven fruitful for the consumer Wi-Fi sector, according to analyst house ABI Research, with shipments this year set to increase and long-term growth forecast.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


A Literal Child and His Mom Sue Nintendo Over ‘Joy-Con Drift’

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A boy and his mother today filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo for not doing enough to fix a hardware problem common among Nintendo Switch controllers. It is one of several legal efforts related to the issue of “Joy-Con drift” — a phenomenon where the Switch…


Ducati unveils adaptive cruise control, blind spot warning on Multistrada V4 – Roadshow

This is the first production bike to receive these kinds of advanced rider aids. …read more Source:: CNet


YouTube Apologises For Mocking Long Videos

YouTube has apologised and deleted a tweet from its official Twitter account in which it mocked content creators for making videos that were too long. From a report: Under its own rules, adverts can be placed in the middle of videos at least eight minutes long only – shortened in July 2020 from a 10-minute…


GitLab scans its customers’ source code, finds it’s as fragile as you’d expect

Bugs from Lodash and JQuery among the more commonly seen security problems GitLab, a rival to Microsoft’s hosted git service GitHub, has for the second time tested the security of customers’ hosted software projects… and found them wanting.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Gesture Controller for Roku and Universal Keyboard Built By UCPLA Dream Team

The coolest part of this year’s Hackaday Prize is teaming up with four nonprofit groups that outlined real-world challenges to tackle as part of the prize. To go along with this, the Dream Team challenge set out a two-month design and build program with small teams whose members each received a $6,000 stipend to work…


Charles Burns opens day 2 of ISC West with Uber’s global security insights

Charles Burns, head of global security and engagement at Uber, opened day two of ISC West with a keynote titled, “How Uber is Scaling Enterprise Risk Management at the Speed of Global Transportation.” …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


Florida investigating voter registration site outage, extends deadline – CNET

The voter registration website for the crucial swing state was down for seven hours and was hit with 1.1 million requests an hour. …read more Source:: CNet