Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:53:14 +0000
Here’s a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wjsAyiwmQzo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:10:27 +0000
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| Upset by their inability to access potentially vital evidence for criminal investigations, the federal government has, for years, pushed to convince tech companies to build backdoors that will, allegedly, only be used by law enforcement agencies. The problem, cybersecurity researchers say, is that those backdoors can easily be exploited by criminals. Categories: Tags: AppleAttorney GeneralbackdoorClipper ChipDepartment of Justiceencryptionfbigolden keyGoogleiMessageiOS 8iPhonelawful interceptluggageNational Security AgencyNSAsignalTransportation Security AdministrationTSAwhatsappWilliam Barr |
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:47:20 +0000
Sue Gordon’s departure is the latest sign that US national security might be stretching its leaders too thin—and risks putting the wrong people into roles that American lives depend upon.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +0000
At Defcon this week, security researcher Mike Davis will show how he can pick the lock of an ATM safe in no time, thanks to its electric leaks.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 01:46:58 +0000
Apple Pay itself is safe. But the way websites implement it can cause serious problems.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:57:21 +0000
The company’s sometimes rocky relationship with security researchers just got a whole lot smoother.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:14:54 +0000
Avaya patched a problem hackers could exploit in phones. But the bad code never went away.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:26:42 +0000
Why throw a bunch of junk traffic at a service, when all it takes to stall it out is just a few bytes?
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:07:06 +0000
A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tYg0EOUDhS8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 06:55:00 -0700
Apple has announced a new iPhone for 2020, but it will only be made available to a select group of security researchers – along with huge bounties to anyone informing the company of a new OS vulnerability.
Ivan Krstić, Apple’s head of security engineering provided big insights into Apple’s platform security during his presentation at Black Hat U.S. 2019.