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It’s easy to imagine the harm that could result from a hacker reading users’ private communications on a dating app. So it’s a disgrace that more don’t offer a higher level of security to help prevent accounts from being hijacked.
Continue reading Some OkCupid users have their accounts compromised. Why don’t more dating apps use 2FA?
Popular British parenting site Mumsnet apologises after software update allows users to log into strangers’ accounts.
Continue reading Botched Mumsnet update allowed users to see details of strangers’ accounts
Apple has finally issued an updated to iOS, iOS 12.1.4, which fixes the high profile problem which allowed FaceTime callers to listen and even see you *before* you answered an incoming call.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Update your iOS devices now against the FaceTime eavesdropping bug
Last week a bug became such big news that it broke out of the technology press, and into the mainstream media – generating headlines around the globe. The reason? A bizarre bug had been discovered in the way iPhones and iPads handled Group FaceTi… Continue reading Update your iOS devices now against the FaceTime eavesdropping bug
Google has released an optional extension for its Chrome browser that will trigger a visual warning if it determines you are using a username/password combination that it knows to be unsafe.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Google Chrome extension warns if your password has been leaked
Google has released an optional extension for its Chrome browser that will trigger a visual warning if it determines you are using a username/password combination that it knows to be unsafe.
The post Google Chrome extension warns if your password has b… Continue reading Google Chrome extension warns if your password has been leaked
Jack Rhysider from the “Darknet Diaries” podcast joins us to chat about his interview with the elusive Hacker Giraffe, how a death is preventing cryptocurrency investors from reaching their money, and how ‘beauty camera’ apps are redirecting users to p… Continue reading Smashing Security #114: Darknet Diaries, death, and beauty apps
Android users are being reminded to be careful about the files they open on their smartphones, after the discovery that harmless-looking image files could be harbouring malicious code.
Continue reading Patch your Android now against critical .PNG image bug
To celebrate the day after Safer Internet Day, here are my top five tips for staying safe online.
Continue reading Every day should be Safer Internet Day
Such a leak is likely to anger Trump and the White House, of course, and so Axios had to be careful not to throw their source under the bus.
Continue reading Donald Trump’s ‘Executive Time’ leak – journalists retype documents to protect White House source