Security – Page 60 – PossibleThreat Articles

Homeland Security confirms your privacy is no longer safe

October 6, 2023 0 Comments Apple, Data privacy, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, Privacy, Security, small and medium business

The big problem with privacy is that once you relinquish some of it, you never get it back. What makes it worse is when those who are supposed to protect your rights choose to undermine them. When they do so, they eat away at the thin protections we should all enjoy in the digital age.

US agencies’ illegal use of smartphone data

These are some of the reasons to be so concerned to learn from a newly released US Department of Homeland Security report that multiple US government agencies illegally used smartphone location data, breaching privacy regulations as they did. To do this, they purchased smartphone location data, including Advertising Identifiers (AdIDs) from data brokers that had been harvested from a wide range of apps.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Are you looking forward to the new age of mobile app insecurity?

October 5, 2023 0 Comments Apple, iOS, Mobile, mobile apps, Security, small and medium business, smartphones

A contact recently told me that Apple handles thousands of inquiries from people who have forgotten or misplaced their Apple ID logins every day. That’s probably why Apple recently made it easier to access your Apple ID using any known email address.

But Apple reps are also inundated with requests related to third-party apps over which they have no control. As the EU looks to force Apple into allowing apps from alternative app stores onto its devices, a practice known as sideloading, the user experience with Apple devices — and the flood of inquiries and complaints — is about to get much, much worse.

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Security Wired

The Team Helping Women Fight Digital Domestic Abuse

October 4, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Location-enabled tech designed to make our lives easier is often exploited by domestic abusers. Refuge, a UK nonprofit, helps women to leave abusive relationships, secure their devices, and stay safe.

Security Wired

Your Cheap Android TV Streaming Box May Have a Dangerous Backdoor

October 4, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000

New research has found that some streaming devices and dozens of Android and iOS apps are secretly being used for fraud and other cybercrime.

Security Wired

How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret

October 4, 2023 0 Comments business / startups, science / biotech, Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.

ComputerWorld Independent

Message to IT: Yes, you should install Apple security updates

October 4, 2023 0 Comments Apple, it management, MacOS, Operating Systems, Security

While it’s not universally the case, many businesses actively using Macs for work may not be paying enough attention to ensuring those devices are secured, according to cloud security provider Qualys, which estimates that just over half of Macs remain unprotected by recent security patches.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Zero trust and why it matters to the Apple enterprise

October 3, 2023 0 Comments Apple, it management, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Once upon a time, digital business sat inside the security perimeter. Devices were kept in offices, shared the same network, and were protected by antivirus software, firewalls, and software updates. This system wasn’t perfect and became increasingly specialized, with security teams, networking teams, and others all working in different sectors.

With mobility, this changed. Devices were unleashed from their locations, used their own networks, and stood outside of traditional corporate endpoint protection.

The pandemic accelerated these changes, fostering the evolution of innovative security protections outside of traditional perimeters, such as around zero-trust. The global zero trust security market is now expected to reach $99 billion by 2030, up from $23 billion in 2021.

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MalwareBytes Security