The “Whitehat” settings will help researchers to analyze network traffic from its mobile apps by dialling back security settings.
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Preinstalled Android apps are harvesting and sharing your data
New research reveals that the bloatware preinstalled on many new Android phones could do far more than simply chew up your storage.
DragonEx exchange hacked, smoking ashes being raked over
“Part” of its assets have been retrieved, and they’ve got an address for a suddenly much plumper Bittrex wallet.
Apple patches 51 security flaws with iOS 12.2 update
Apple’s update patches 51 iOS holes, the more serious of which include bugs in Safari, Keychain and FaceTime.
FEMA exposes sensitive data of 2.5 million disaster survivors
The agency said it exposed 2.3m people’s details in a “major privacy incident” involving a contractor that set up temporary housing.
Tech giants back bill that privacy advocates claim is toothless
The main disagreement: if consumers will be able to delete their data or whether the law would give companies ways to wiggle out.
Family tracking app spilled pics, names and real-time location data
A journalist/researcher team got a sensitive database taken down after the vendor responsible failed to acknowledge a problem.
Medtronic cardiac implants can be hacked, FDA issues alert
Two serious flaws in the telemetry protocol could allow a hacker to control vulnerable Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs).
Thousands of API and cryptographic keys leaking on GitHub every day
Researchers have found that one of the most popular source code repositories in the world is still housing thousands of publicly accessible user credentials.
Update now! WordPress hackers target Easy WP SMTP plugin
Two hacking groups have been spotted targeting websites running unpatched versions of the WordPress plugin Easy WP SMTP.