When is a security update not a security update? When it’s patching flaws in a version of an OS nobody beyond developers is yet running.
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty
He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release.
S2 Ep7: iPhone attack, Twitter hack and Android bots – Naked Security Podcast
Episode 7 of the Naked Security podcast is available now!
Facebook loses control of key used to sign Android app
What should be a private key used to vouch for the ‘Free Basics by Facebook’ app was used to sign unrelated apps.
QR codes need security revamp, says creator
QR codes have been around since 1994, but their creator is worried. They need a security update, he says.
YouTube reportedly to be fined up to $200m over COPPA investigation
It’s a gnat bite, critics say: The FTC’s reported fine would be worth about two to three months of YouTube ad revenue.
EFF and Mozilla scold Venmo over app’s privacy failings
The tense stand-off between privacy campaigners and the popular mobile payment app Venmo has taken another turn for the worse.
iPhone attack may have targeted Android and Windows too
A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.
China’s new face-swapping app Zao gets whiplash-fast privacy backlash
Fast trip: in two days, it debuted, shot to the top of China’s App Store, sparked privacy outrage, and got banned by WeChat.
FBI asks Google for help finding criminals
FBI agents issued Google with a warrant in November 2018, seeking its help with a bank robbery the month before.