One year to the day after iOS 11 appeared, Apple yesterday released its replacement, iOS 12.
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Here we Mongo again! Millions of records exposed by insecure database
Another day, another poorly configured MongoDB database.
Years on, third party apps still exposing Grindr users’ locations
A third party app can use Grindr’s distance data to pinpoint a users location down to a room within a house.
How Facebook wants to protect political campaigners from hacking
The social network is trying to protect candidates, elected officials and their staff from “hackers and foreign adversaries”.
Intel releases firmware update for ME flaw
It’s only September and yet 2018 is well on its way to being remembered as the year of fixing flaws we didn’t realise were possible in hardware we’d never heard of.
Hackers selling research phished from universities on WhatsApp
Millions of documents have been stolen from top UK universities and are being sold over WhatsApp for as little as £2.
91 “child friendly” Android apps accused of exploitation
New Mexico’s AG filed a lawsuit accusing a popular app maker, plus Google’s and Twitter’s ad platforms, of illegally collecting kids’ data.
State Department scores an F on 2FA security
Senators have discovered that the State Department is breaking the law by not using multi-factor authentication in its emails.
Vote now! Which web browser do you trust the most?
Your web browser goes with you everywhere on the web. But how much do you trust it?
Deepfake pics and videos set off Facebook’s fake news detector
The social network is expanding its effort to stamp out fake news.