Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:07:04 +0000

Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d4GKhM4slSc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ironpie robot vacuum can suck up your privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:37:11 +0000

You might want to unplug this not-so-smart robot: researchers found they can watch video streams piped out from its security camera.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kGtvD8tF-C4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:52:59 +0000

Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cTLgFQQq3iM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:08:19 +0000

Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprints scraped from our social media accounts?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UEh1lsdY7KE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Firefox rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS privacy by default in the US

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:31:00 +0000

Mozilla has said it plans to make a privacy technology called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) the default setting for US users of Firefox within weeks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/U2NXSe69Ao0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Slickwraps data breach earns scorn for all

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:47:39 +0000

The breach earned derision from both the hacker and observers after another hacker exploited the company’s vulnerable setup.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MqNwwvLAhW0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Brave beats other browsers in privacy study

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:32:13 +0000

Users looking for a privacy-focused browser might want to consider Brave first, according to a study published this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nYYmchFylNA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple’s iOS pasteboard leaks location data to spy apps

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:28:24 +0000

A developer has discovered that malicious apps could exploit the pasteboard to work out a user’s location.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C0t83agCkD4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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LTE vulnerability allows impersonation of other mobile devices

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:27:45 +0000

Researchers have found a way to impersonate mobile devices on 4G and 5G mobile networks, and are calling on operators and standards bodies to fix the flaw that caused it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FZepiqGAIX0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging, EC tells staff

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:31:35 +0000

Formerly preferred diplomatic app WhatsApp apparently isn’t up to snuff.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mRJrv_YSfXw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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