Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was compromised.
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Sophisticated iPhone hacking went unnoticed for over two years
Compromised iPhones were turned into surveillance tools capable of recording the owner’s entire digital life.
Botnet targets set-top boxes using Android OS
Production systems aren’t supposed to have the ADB turned on, but some set-top boxes do.
Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats
It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates.
Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy
Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it.
Google warns of system-controlling Chrome bug
Google is patching a serious bug in the desktop version of its Chrome browser that could let an attacker take over a computer simply by luring them to a website.
S2 Ep6: Instagram phishing, jailbreaking iPhones and social media hoaxes – Naked Security Podcast
New podcast episode available now!
Web clickjacking fraud makes a comeback thanks to JavaScript tricks
More than a decade after hitting the headlines, clickjacking fraud remains an under-reported hazard on hundreds of popular websites.
Video captures glitching Mississippi voting machines flipping votes
A video that shows an electronic machine switching voters’ selections has gone viral, underscoring the need for paper audit trails.
Microsoft may still be violating privacy rules, says Dutch regulator
EU data watchdogs are yet again sniffing at Windows 10.