EarSpy: Spying on Phone Calls via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured by Accelerometer

As smartphone manufacturers are improving the ear speakers in their devices, it can become easier for malicious actors to leverage a particular side-channel for eavesdropping on a targeted user’s conversations, according to a team of researchers from s… Continue reading EarSpy: Spying on Phone Calls via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured by Accelerometer

Data of 400 Million Twitter Users for Sale as Irish Privacy Watchdog Announces Probe

An individual is offering to sell the data of more than 400 million Twitter users, just as Ireland’s data protection watchdog has announced an investigation into the recent data leaks impacting the social media giant.
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BetMGM Confirms Breach as Hackers Offer to Sell Data of 1.5 Million Customers

MGM Resorts-owned online sports betting company BetMGM confirmed suffering a data breach the same day hackers offered to sell a database containing the information of 1.5 million BetMGM customers.
In a statement posted on its website on December 21, Be… Continue reading BetMGM Confirms Breach as Hackers Offer to Sell Data of 1.5 Million Customers

Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Passwordstate Enterprise Password Manager

Researchers discovered that the Passwordstate enterprise password manager made by Australian company Click Studios is affected by serious vulnerabilities that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain a user’s passwords.
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