A security clanger has been spotted in the current beta version of iOS 13 which allows anyone to access a user’s stored web and app passwords without having to authenticate.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Your Android’s accelerometer could be used to eavesdrop on your calls
Researchers have created an attack called Spearphone that uses the motion sensors in Android phones to listen to phone calls, interactions with your voice assistant, and more.
FSB hackers drop files online
A hacking group that distributed files stolen from a Russian contractor to the media last week has published some of the documents online.
Hacked Bulgarian database reaches online forums
Data on millions of people stolen from the Bulgarian government has already popped up on hacker trading forums.
Stop facial recognition trials now, warns UK committee
The UK government should suspend trials of automatic facial recognition systems until it can meet regulators’ concerns about the technology, according to a report released Friday.
Shapeshifting Morpheus chip aims to baffle hackers
Morpheus aims to make hacking so difficult at microprocessor level that attackers will give up long before they can do any damage.
FaceApp privacy panic sets internet alight
You grant FaceApp a perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify and adapt your image. Sounds scary.
Hacked Bluetooth hair straighteners are too hot to handle
The Glamoriser Smart Bluetooth straightener offers up yet another example of how not to add a risky product to the Internet of Things (IoT).
Google Chrome is ditching its XSS detection tool
Google’s throwing in the towel on XSS Auditor and putting its trust in Trusted Types instead.
Still not using HTTPS? Firefox is about to shame you
Two years after promising to report all HTTP-based web pages as insecure, Mozilla is about to deliver.