Waze users are helping intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and could thus be “engaging in criminal conduct,” say police.
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Facebook ordered to keep apps data separate without user consent
So much for creating a three-headed Cerberus marketing-happy chat dog! Also, we’ll soon see the who-what-huh? behind the ads we’re shown.
Serious Security: Post-Quantum Cryptography (and why we’re getting it)
Here’s why NIST is running a competition to find algorithms for a Post-Quantum Cryptographic world…
KeySteal could allow someone to steal your Apple Keychain passwords
The researcher says it works without root or administrator privileges and without password prompts. But he’s not revealing how it works to Apple because there’s no money for him in its invite-only/iOS-only bounties.
Anyone want to lay claim to the USB drive found in seal poo?
It still works, you know. And there are photos and videos on it.
Chrome extension warns users their login credentials have been breached
Google’s released a Chrome extension, Password Checkup, that’s designed to warn users when they enter a username and password the company has detected in a data breach.
Unlimited crypotocurrency? Zcash fixes counterfeiting flaw
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash has fixed a flaw that would have allowed anyone with knowledge of it to produce counterfeit currency.
Jack’d dating app is showing users’ intimate pics to strangers
A clear and present danger: Anyone with a web browser who knows where to look can access Jack’d users’ photos, be they private or public.
Firefox 66 will silence autoplaying web audio
From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default.
Just two hacker groups are behind 60% of stolen cryptocurrency
Chainalysis found that two groups, which it calls Alpha and Beta, are responsible for stealing around $1 billion in funds from exchanges.