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Apple fixes eighth zero-day used to hack iPhones and Macs this year
Apple has released security updates to address the eighth zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against iPhones and Macs since the start of the year.
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Erik Prince wants to sell you a “secure” smartphone that’s too good to be true
MIT Technology Review obtained Prince’s investor presentation for the “RedPill Phone,” which promises more than it could possibly deliver.
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Nearly 2,000 Signal users affected by Twilio phishing attack
New findings following the Twilio phishing attack revealed that Signal, one of its high-value clients and a popular encrypted messaging platform, was particularly affected.
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iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims
VPNs on Apple mobile devices reportedly keep connections open and expose data.
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An old satellite was hacked to broadcast signals across North America
Agroup of security researchers have hacked a decommissioned communications satellite, called Anik F1R, originally shot into orbit in 2005. Embedded device security researcher Karl Koscher and his colleagues demonstrated that malicious hackers could potentially communicate with satellites that have been decommissioned but not yet moved into their final resting place — their “graveyard orbit.”
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SpaceX says researchers are welcome to hack Starlink and can be paid up to $25,000 for finding bugs in the network
SpaceX congratulated a researcher who said he hacked into Starlink using a $25 homemade device as part of the company's bug bounty program.
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When a sextortion victim fights back
A college student fell victim to a Snapchat sextortion scheme. With a friend's help, she 'hacked back' and sent him to jail.
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Amazon’s One-Stop Shop for Identity Thieves
IMAGINE IF A budding identity thief had a free, user-friendly, publicly searchable database that contained the name, location, date of birth, and mother’s maiden name of millions of people. Enter Amazon registries. We already know that Amazon collects plenty of personal information and data that can be arduous for its users to obtain, but the company also readily shares your information for anyone to access when you set up a registry.
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Data recoverers finally crack the locked down Apple M1 chip
Apple’s highly secure M1 chip is a tough nut to crack, but it appears the experts at DriveSavers have finally done it. The company announced they “may be the first” to recover data from the M1 in a recent press release. DriveSavers is confident in this because the company’s engineers successfully transplanted an M1 chip from a faulty logic board to a functional one, which enables them to access the data.
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Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
THE WEBSITES YOU visit can reveal (almost) everything about you. If you are looking up health information, reading about trade unions, or researching details around certain types of crime, then you can potentially give away a huge amount of detail about yourself that a malicious actor could use against you. Researchers this week have detailed a new attack, using the web’s basic functions, that can unmask anonymous users online. The hack uses common web browser features—included in every major browser—and CPU functions to analyze whether you’re logged in to services such as Twitter or Facebook and subsequently identify you.
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An Entire Canadian Town Is Being Extorted By Ransomware Cyber Criminals
The Canadian town of St. Marys had its data stolen and held hostage by a ransomware gang.
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Why You Need To Turn Your Android's Bluetooth Off When You're Not Using It
Most Android users keep their phone's Bluetooth turned on 24/7, but you may want to reconsider doing that due to the possible security risks.
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Apple is building a Lockdown Mode to fend off cyberattacks on high-profile users | Engadget
Apple has announced Lockdown Mode, an "extreme" level of security designed for a "very small number of users who face grave, targeted threats." It will be available this fall when the company rolls out iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura.
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Are Password Managers A Single Point Of Failure?
Are password managers a single point of failure? This is a question that gets asked by many new people to password managers. With all the data breaches happening it’s no wonder people are concerned about using a password manager.
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Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists
New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest.
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Microsoft won’t say if it will patch critical Windows vulnerability under exploit
Slow to act on the code execution bug from the start, company is still in no hurry. As hacker groups continue to hammer a former Windows zero-day that makes it unusually easy to execute malicious code on target computers, Microsoft is keeping a low profile, refusing even to say if it has plans to patch.
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More than 100 bugs discovered in US Homeland Security systems
More than 100 bugs have been discovered in the systems of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), some of which were deemed critical. As reported by The Register, the government organization recently kicked off its “Hack DHS” program, a three-phase event with the goal of tightening up network security.
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Unofficial Windows 11 upgrade installs info-stealing malware
Hackers are luring unsuspecting users with a fake Windows 11 upgrade that comes with malware that steals browser data and cryptocurrency wallets.
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I’ve Dealt With Foreign Cyberattacks. America Isn’t Ready for What’s Coming.
U.S. leaders must rethink the current cyberdefense system and rally around a centralized regulator.
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