Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:33:48 +0000
Episode 7 of the Naked Security podcast is available now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EUMAta8PBoU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:02:14 +0000
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| A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 26-September 1 including xHelper Trojan, Nextdoor app, clickjacking problem, investing cybersecurity, and iPhone malware Categories: Tags: asruexblockchainclickjackingcoinminingemotetiPhonenextdoorretaduptrickbotvpnxHelper |
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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=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:40:24 +0000
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| 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. Categories: Tags: AppleiOSios infectionios malwareiPhoneiphone malwaremacmalware infectiontridentzero dayzero-day vulnerability |
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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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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=””/>
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:55:20 +0000
Programmers call it “regresssion” – when fixing a new bug unfixes an old one – and it’s a jailbreakers dream!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MWaHZOUkY_4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Public tests of blockchain-based mobile voting are growing.
Even as there’s been an uptick in pilot projects, security experts warn that blockchain-based mobile voting technology is innately insecure and potentially a danger to democracy through “wholesale fraud” or “manipulation tactics.”
The topic of election security has been in the spotlight recently after Congress held classified briefings on U.S. cyber infrastructure to identify and defend against threats to the election system, especially after Russian interference was uncovered in the 2016 Presidential election.
Credit 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: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:01:41 +0000
You might not think your phone is as exposed as an internet server – but it’s handling plenty of untrusted data from unknown sources!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Ri0849b3RDo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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