News Wrap: Twitter Hack, Apple Vulnerability Disclosure Restrictions Under Fire

Published: July 24, 2020, 4:08 p.m.

b"In this week's Threatpost news wrap podcast, editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch break down the top security news stories, including: Hackers accessed direct messages (DMs) for 36 of the 130 high-profile users whose accounts were hacked in an unprecedented account breach last week, Twitter confirmed Wednesday. Privacy commissioners worldwide urged video conferencing systems like Microsoft, Cisco and Zoom to adopt end-to-end encryption, two-factor authentication and other security measures. Apple's Security Research Device program is now open to select researchers \\u2013 but some are irked by the program's vulnerability disclosure restrictions."