They were posing as crypto wallets in order to rip off users’ private keys and mnemonic phrases and drain real wallets. Google’s yanked them.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Zoom passwords for sale on the Dark Web – “ten-a-penny” by all accounts
If you reuse an old password when you’re rushing to create a new account for the lockdown era, you’re as good as “pre-hacking” yourself.
Signal: We’ll be eaten alive by EARN IT Act’s anti-encryption wolves
The Big Bad Wolves haven’t blown the house down but did come up with a way to “hold the three little pigs responsible for being delicious,” Signal said.
TikTok users beware: Hackers could swap your videos with their own
TikTok doesn’t use HTTPS for its images and videos – so crooks could swap out the videos you see and you would never know.
As if the world couldn’t get any weirder, this AI toilet scans your anus to identify you
It’s what the researchers call “A mountable toilet system for personalized health monitoring via the analysis of excreta.”
Twitter warns users – Firefox might hold on to private messages
Whose fault was it – Twitter or Firefox? (It’s fixed now, to be clear.)
Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics
The suit is about biometrics and children’s privacy in Google’s education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19.
Rights groups appeal to governments over COVID-19 surveillance
Digital and human rights groups have joined in a rare worldwide appeal to governments to respect privacy when handling the COVID-19 crisis.
S2 Ep33: Ransomware on sale, dark web disaster, dead drops and pillow forts – Naked Security Podcast
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Microsoft’s Edge browser to get breached credential alerts
Microsoft has announced a list of new security and privacy features it plans to add to forthcoming versions in an effort to take on its rivals.