Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Scarf

Cute squid scarf. Blog moderation policy...

Squid Fishing in Japan

Fishermen are catching more squid as other fish are depleted. Blog moderation policy...

Telegram will hand over user details to law enforcement

Last month we reported how Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was indicted on charges of complicity in the distribution of child sex abuse images, aiding organized crime, drug trafficking, fraud, and refusing lawful orders to give information to law enforcement. Now, in a potentially related development,...

Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations

In a major policy reversal, the popular messaging app Telegram has announced it will give users' IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal requests in an attempt to rein in criminal activity on the platform. "We've made it clear that the IP addresses and phone numbe...

What the arrest of Telegram’s CEO means, with Eva Galperin (Lock and Code S05E19)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… On August 24, at an airport just outside of Paris, a man named Pavel Durov was detained for questioning by French investigators. Just days later, the same man was charged in crimes related to the distribution of child pornography and illicit transactions,...

Friday Squid Blogging: Live Video of Promachoteuthis Squid

The first live video of the Promachoteuthis squid, filmed at a newly discovered seamount off the coast of Chile. Blog moderation policy...

Pavel Durov’s Arrest Leaves Telegram Hanging in the Balance

Durov has reportedly been detained in France over Telegram’s alleged failure to adequately moderate illegal content on the messaging app. His arrest sparked backlash and left some associates asking, what now?...

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France for Content Moderation Failures

Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a preliminary police investigation. TF1 said t...

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Reportedly Arrested in France

Reports indicate Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been arrested in France. Allegations include inadequate moderation and aiding criminal…...

Discourse Security Breach

Discourse is an open source community discussion platform from Discourse Open Source. The platform includes community, email and chat room features. Discourse suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from the fact that moderators who review users using a moderation queue may be able to se...

New Blog Moderation Policy

There has been a lot of toxicity in the comments section of this blog. Recently, were having to delete more and more comments. Not just spam and off-topic comments, but also sniping and personal attacks. Its gotten so bad that I need to do something. My options are limited because Im just one...

Signal Foundation Warns Against EU's Plan to Scan Private Messages for CSAM

A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users' private messages for detection of child sexual abuse material CSAM poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption E2EE, warned Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the privacy-focused messaging...

PT-2024-40210 · Sylius · Sylius

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sylius versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.16 Sylius versions 1.1.0 through 1.1.8 Sylius versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.1 Description: The issue affects certain actions in the admin panel that did not require a CSRF token, including marking order's paymen...

Authorization Bypass

Drupal is vulnerable to an Authorization Bypass. The vulnerability is due to the content moderation module failing to check a user's access to use certain transitions, potentially allowing unauthorized access to restricted translations...

Drupal Content moderation Access bypass

In some conditions, drupal content moderation fails to check a users access to use certain transitions, leading to an access bypass...

GHSA-86XW-VMCX-9MJ4 Drupal Content moderation Access bypass

In some conditions, drupal content moderation fails to check a users access to use certain transitions, leading to an access bypass...

Drupal Content moderation Access bypass

In some conditions, drupal content moderation fails to check a users access to use certain transitions, leading to an access bypass...

GHSA-F84Q-MGJ9-8JFC Drupal Content moderation Access bypass

In some conditions, drupal content moderation fails to check a users access to use certain transitions, leading to an access bypass...

PT-2024-40266 · Drupal · Drupal

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Drupal affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an access bypass in Drupal's content moderation system. Under certain conditions, it fails to properly check a user's access to use specific transitions...

PT-2024-40185 · Drupal · Drupal

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: drupal affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an access bypass in drupal content moderation. In certain conditions, it fails to check a user's access to use specific transitions. Recommendations: At the moment,...