The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Cisco gets hit by ransomware, Twilio gets phished, a new way to fight email spammers, and much more.
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Sloppy Software Patches Are a ‘Disturbing Trend’
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:28:34 +0000
The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.
Read moreMeta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000
The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
Read moreGoogle’s Android Red Team Had a Full Pixel 6 Pwn Before Launch
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:38:35 +0000
Before the flagship phone ever landed in users’ hands, the security team thoroughly hacked it by finding bugs and developing exploits.
Read moreA Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:01:22 +0000
Ten years after it was first unveiled, the powerful firmware analysis platform Ofrak is now available to anyone.
Read moreGitHub Moves to Guard Open Source Against Supply Chain Attacks
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:19:54 +0000
The popular Microsoft-owned code repository plans to roll out code signing, which will help beef up the security of open source projects.
Read moreThe US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.
Read moreAn ISP Settled Piracy Lawsuits. Could Users Take the Hit?
Credit to Author: Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Now that Charter has reached settlements with major record labels, it’s unclear whether the cable provider will pull the plug on users who pirate music.
Read moreA Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:09:22 +0000
The exposure of cryptographically scrambled passwords isn’t a worst-case scenario—but it isn’t great, either.
Read moreThe Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:43:50 +0000
What’s it like to be responsible for a billion people’s digital security? Just ask the company’s Morse researchers.
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