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Monthly Archives: February 2019
Ep. 018 – Home invasions, snoopy apps and Android versus iOS [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Naked Security podcast – give it a listen!
Home DNA kit company says it’s working with the FBI
FamilyTreeDNA has disclosed that it’s opened up more than 1m DNA profiles to the FBI to help find suspects of violent crime.
Half of IoT devices let down by vulnerable apps
Half of the apps used to control a range of Internet of Things devices are insecure in a variety of ways, researchers found.
Crypto exchange in limbo after founder dies with password
The only person who knew the password is dead, leaving customers unable to access around $190million in fiat and virtual currency.
Kids’ GPS watches are still a security ‘train wreck’
Anyone could have accessed the entire database, including a child’s location, on Gator watches and other models that share its back end.
Security weaknesses in 5G, 4G and 3G could expose users’ locations
Researchers have discovered security holes in 5G, 4G and 3G telephony protocols, which can expose a user’s location.
Chrome’s hidden lookalike detection feature battles URL imposters
Chrome now checks for misspellings of popular URLs and will display a link to the site that it thinks the user might have wanted to visit.
FBI burrowing into North Korea’s big bad botnet
The FBI revealed that it joined the Joanap botnet and started chewing it up from the inside.
Selling fake likes and follows is illegal, rules New York
A groundbreaking settlement in New York finds that selling fake likes and followers is illegal.