Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:31:33 +0000
Google is testing out a feature to make Android’s built-in password manager safer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Bv2NtaVOe80″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:52:40 +0000
Reports surfaced this week that the president of Russia is still using Windows XP as his primary operating system.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qLEmcJPcH-g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:01:28 +0000
Google has rushed out a fix for a bug in the Android version of Chrome that left some app users unable to access accounts or retrieve stored data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gdacxbn3fBw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:50:02 +0000
If webmail, WhatsApp and IM are killing SMS, someone might want to tell Google – as it continues to add new features to its Messages app.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bOkj5uWtjPM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:24:08 +0000
If you’re one of the tiny hardcore still using Windows 10 Mobile, 10 December 2019 is probably a day you’ve been dreading for nearly a year.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/w-H0FgJ8FqU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:31:50 +0000
Researchers have discovered a flaw in macOS, Linux, and several other operating systems that could let attackers hijack VPN connections.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L7I8CdL_Udk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:31:27 +0000
One of the internet’s most popular free operating systems allowed attackers to bypass its authentication controls.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bK2Mj1OlenI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:25:24 +0000
Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z6rqHUlLVrM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:21:00 -0800
I don’t know if you’ve read much news this week, but it seems the sky is falling and we’re all terribly doomed.
No, I’m not talking about that news — as usual, that’s another column for another publication — but rather the news that a security flaw in some Android camera apps could turn our phones into privacy-plundering spy portals and bring an end to human life as we know it.
I mean, have you seen some of these headlines?!
Holy hibiscus, Henry! Even I’m trembling from all of that, and I know it’s a bunch of misguided, sensationalized hooey.
Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:56:03 +0000
Google has patched a bug in the Android camera app that allowed other applications to bypass the strict controls on camera and audio access.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/q4VNRcGzd0I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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