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iPhone lockscreen bypass: iOS 13 tricked into showing your contacts

September 16, 2019 0 Comments Apple, bypass, iOS, iOS 13, iPhone, josé rodríguez, lock screen, lockscreen, Mobile, Privacy, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:43:04 +0000

This time, José Rodríguez came up with a way to trick the iOS 13 beta into showing its address book without the need to unlock the screen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ItkiemPxojs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing

September 11, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android 10, facebook, iOS, iOS 13, location data, location tracking, Marketing, Mobile, Privacy, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:16:00 +0000

The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6rvcy97aMoE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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300 shades of gray: a look into free mobile VPN apps

September 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, anonymity, Apple App Store, black mirror, CDT, centennials, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO, dark web, DNS hijacking, DNS leak, emerging markets, encryption, fake av, free, free VPN, Global Web Index, GlobalWebIndex, Google Play Store, Guideline 5.4, Hotspot Shield, Hotspot Shield complaint, Innet VPN, iOS, IPv6 leak, KilpVip, Luminati, malvertising, millenials, mobile VPN apps, motivations for VPN usage, MyMobileSecure, Netflix, onion browser, Privacy, Queen Mary University of London, risk-free, Rob Mardisalu, rogueware, Sapienza University of Rome, Secnet VPN, Simon Migliano, TheBestVPN, top 20 VPN apps, Top10VPN, transparency, UC Berkeley, University of South Wales, virtual private networks, vpn

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:41:45 +0000

Mobile VPN apps are one of the best tools for protecting user privacy. Unfortunately, a notable number of are deemed unsafe. Read on to find out how to assess the best mobile VPN for you.

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Tags: Android anonymity Apple App Store black mirror CDT centennials Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO Dark Web DNS hijacking DNS leak emerging markets encryption fake av free free VPN Global Web Index GlobalWebIndex Google Play Store Guideline 5.4 Hotspot Shield Hotspot Shield complaint Innet VPN iOS IPv6 leak KilpVip Luminati malvertising millenials mobile VPN apps motivations for VPN usage MyMobileSecure netflix onion browser privacy Queen Mary University of London risk-free Rob Mardisalu rogueware Sapienza University of Rome Secnet VPN Simon Migliano TheBestVPN top 20 VPN apps Top10VPN transparency UC Berkeley University of South Wales virtual private networks vpn

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Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds

September 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, App Store, Apple, apps, ATN, doj, Google, gun scope, ICE, illegal gun export, iOS, ITAR, Law & order, Mobile, play store, Privacy, rifle scope

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:50:48 +0000

It’s a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app’s users from Apple & Google.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SKydWWr9YsM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android gets September update as price of flaws soars

September 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android 10, bug bounties, Google, iOS, Mobile, Operating Systems, Organisations, Patching, Project Mainline, security threats, Technologies, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:51:21 +0000

When is a security update not a security update? When it’s patching flaws in a version of an OS nobody beyond developers is yet running.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xUkOcZUm9To” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Why Apple’s little ‘Find My’ Tile competitor is big news

September 5, 2019 0 Comments Apple, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 04:42:00 -0700

Apple is expected to introduce its own Tile-competing tracking device(s), perhaps as soon as fall. So, what are the advantages of the device, what can we expect, and what happens next?

Freedom from networks

There are hundreds of tracking devices available today. These cost anything from tens to hundreds of dollars and in most cases require you sign-up to a network provider for SIM card-based network access.

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iPhone attack may have targeted Android and Windows too

September 3, 2019 0 Comments Android, Apple, bug bounty, Google, Government security, government spyware, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, nation state hacking, Operating Systems, security threats, vulnerability, Windows, zero day

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:47:23 +0000

A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3wCw5XE352c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Unprecedented new iPhone malware discovered

August 30, 2019 0 Comments Apple, iOS, ios infection, ios malware, iPhone, iphone malware, mac, malware infection, trident, zero day, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:40:24 +0000

Google announced late last night that hacked websites have been used to drop iPhone malware on unsuspecting users over a two-year period. Thomas Reed investigates.

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Sophisticated iPhone hacking went unnoticed for over two years

August 30, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Google, Google Project Zero, iOS, iPhone, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:54:08 +0000

Compromised iPhones were turned into surveillance tools capable of recording the owner’s entire digital life.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JJ6DBKwnpaM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Emergency iOS patch fixes jailbreaking flaw for second time

August 28, 2019 0 Comments Apple, CVE-2019-8605, Google, Google Project Zero, iOS, iOS 12.4.1, iPad, iPhone, iPod, MacOS, Organisations, Patching, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:57:07 +0000

With iOS 13 nearing release, Apple users perhaps thought they were done with iOS 12 updates for good. If so, they were wrong.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tkCnj_wl2M4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>