Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:39:26 +0000
Get them now before the crooks figure out what to do with the holes.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z9hUCBoA6tw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:17:14 +0000
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:36:06 +0000
Apple’s much-vaunted Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) could leave users exposed to a raft of privacy issues, including – ironically – being tracked.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bhI2Ftj-42Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:05:12 +0000
Sources told Reuters that Apple may have been convinced by arguments made during the legal fight over cracking the San Bernardino iPhone.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qyltSL5-IRc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:14:48 +0000
Apple is rolling out a new update to its iOS operating system that addresses the location privacy issue on iPhone 11 devices that was first detailed here last month.
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:53:00 +0000
Most of the US and China’s requests had to do with investigations into fraud, suspected account access and phishing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AMKPqWhR4n0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:19 +0000
Google has updated its Smart Lock to let iOS users security-dongle-ize their iPhones.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E-1ND1RZhgg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:30:00 -0800
After Apple turned down a request by U.S. Attorney General William Barr this week to unlock two iPhones used by a terrorist suspect in a recent deadly shooting, the FBI appears to already have the tools needed to access the smartphones.
Apple turned down a request from U.S. Attorney General William Barr saying it would not help unlock two iPhones used by the shooter, 21-year-old Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. He is believed to have acted alone when he shot and killed three service members and wounded several others at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla. last month.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:06:00 -0800
Imagine all your tax documentation could be examined by officials from any government merely on suspicion. That’s the future some governments are pushing for when they demand Apple puts security backdoors into its products.
Think about the nature of security backdoors:
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:52:19 +0000
Attorney General Barr and President Trump are demanding Apple unlock the mass shooter’s iPhone. Apple replies: You can’t break just 1 phone.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ZRh0_aJQATA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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