Thursday, November 30
TOP STORY
Why <blank> Gets You Root: Explanation of the High Sierra bug. See also Apple’s post About Security Update 2017-001
HACKTIVITY
Access Grab_Road BigData Database via Open Presto coordinator [58 upvotes] - $5,000 bounty for this report to GrabTaxi by @vinothkumar.
Query parameter reordering causes redirect page to render unsafe URL [35 upvotes] - $1,500 bounty for this report to HackerOne by @kenziy.
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TWEET OF THE DAY
The 7 y/o wants me to phone Santa. Had to explain that Santa only communicates by encrypted messaging app these days. Thanks Snowden. - @matthew_d_green
OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
A formula to calculate bounty amounts by @edoverflow and @tomnomnom. See the github repo
Investigating the deployment of features improving the security of HTTPS [research paper]
The Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017: bill to create an “Office of Cyber Issues” within the Department of State. Review by lawfare blog.
One week left to comment on NISTIR 839: NICE Framework work role capability indicators
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