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Deepfakes have doubled, overwhelmingly targeting women

October 9, 2019 0 Comments AI, cyberbullying, deepfake audio, deepfake detection, deepfakes, deeptrace, fake news, Law & order, Machine Learning, pornography, Privacy, revenge porn, synthetic media

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:19:18 +0000

Deepfake tech has push-button apps and service portals. Can code commodification do the same for detection, so women can actually afford it?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OKH0ZUc2ZQE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Signal immediately fixed FaceTime-style eavesdropping bug

October 8, 2019 0 Comments Android, Apple, Bug, eavesdropping, facetime, Google, Google Project Zero, iOS, Mobile, Privacy, security threats, signal, signal bug, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:25:17 +0000

Remember the FaceTime bug that allowed a caller to eavesdrop on your phone? Researchers just discovered another – this time in Signal.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kuYuPSST8YI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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GPS tracker from stalked woman’s car led to indictment of 20 mobsters

October 8, 2019 0 Comments cyberstalking, extortion, gps, indictment, Law & order, loansharking, location data, location tracking, mafia, mobster, organized crime, Privacy, racketeering, sports bribery, stalker, stalking, wise guys

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:14:59 +0000

Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/z5Bf3GfVqZ0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France

October 8, 2019 0 Comments alicem, biometrics, cnil, digital identities, digital identity, facial recognition, france, GDPR, Government security, identity theft, la quadrature du net, Law & order, lqdn, national id card, passports, Privacy, tchap

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:36:10 +0000

It’s coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator’s protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dDDYjz1VwrY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android devices hit by zero-day exploit Google thought it had patched

October 7, 2019 0 Comments Android, cve-2019-2215, Google, Google Project Zero, Mobile, nso group, Operating Systems, pegasus, Privacy, security threats, vulnerability, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:41:15 +0000

Android smartphones are vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that Google thought it had patched for good two years ago.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9TX4gOYOCsQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook urged by governments to halt end-to-end encryption plans

October 7, 2019 0 Comments #nobackdoors, australia, back doors, Cryptography, cypherpunk, encryption, end-to-end encryption, facebook, Government security, Mark Zuckerberg, Privacy, Social networks, telegram, uk, usa, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:31:35 +0000

The US, UK and Australian governments last week officially urged Facebook to halt its plans for end-to-end encryption.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/K9Rl32jdNKE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wi-Fi signals let researchers ID people through walls from their gait

October 7, 2019 0 Comments gait, IoT, Law & order, Privacy, radio frequency sensing, santa barbara, sensing, smart homes, university of california, Wi-fi, xmodal-id

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:36:22 +0000

Police could set up transceivers outside a building and compare spectrograms of suspects walking vs. crime scene footage.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uthcWVmlUvo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WhatsApp vulnerability could compromise Android smartphones

October 4, 2019 0 Comments Android, cve-2019-11932, CVEs, double free memory vulnerability, facebook, malicious gif, Privacy, rce, remote code execution, security threats, vulnerability, whatsapp

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:10:03 +0000

A researcher has released details of a WhatsApp flaw that could be used to compromise the app and the mobile device the app is running on.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fPnnKlP45pM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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£3 billion Safari iPhone privacy lawsuit given go-ahead

October 4, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Apple Safari, bgi, browser generated information, data protection, Google, Law & order, PII, Privacy, Safari, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:36:48 +0000

A UK class action lawsuit against Google, that represents around 5 million iPhone users, can go ahead, according to the UK Court of Appeal.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fsGgtlXfCI8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google brings Incognito mode to Maps

October 4, 2019 0 Comments Google, google maps, incognito, location data, Location history, location tracking, online privacy, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:14:21 +0000

It’s good, but also a perfect opportunity for us to remember that Incognito mode doesn’t translate to “I’m invisible!”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KkXzlbi_Sso” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>