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Forbes journalist Thomas Brewster wanted to find out just how well a variety of Android phones and a top-of-the-range Apple iPhone would fare against a determined attempt to break facial recognition. And he did that by having a 3D-model printed of his … Continue reading Unlocking Android phones with a 3D-printed head
A journalist uses a 3D-printed version of his own head to test facial recognition on the iPhone X and Android devices.
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The curious case of George Duke-Cohan, Huawei’s CFO finds herself in hot water, and the crazy world of mobile phone mental health apps.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by comput… Continue reading Smashing Security #108: Hoaxes, Huawei and chatbots – with Mikko Hyppönen
An independent audit has found no evidence that malicious chips were planted on Supermicro’s motherboards, debunking Bloomberg claims that servers at Amazon and Apple were being spied upon by China.
Continue reading Supermicro says independent investigation found no spy chips on its motherboards
Scammers want you to send $2000 to help Huawei’s CFO bribe her way out of jail.
Continue reading Bad news for scammers. Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has been released on bail
Google has admitted that Google Plus suffered another security failure last month, allowing the personal information of 52 million users to be accessed by third-party apps and developers without permission.
Continue reading Google admits Google Plus hit by *another* privacy flaw, speeds up site’s closure
It’s a bad day when your computers get hit by ransomware.
But it only gets worse when you realise that you not only don’t have backups, but also have no way of contacting the criminals who encrypted your data.
Continue reading GlobeImposter ransomware victims find themselves abandoned by their extortionists
British teenager George Duke-Cohan has been jailed for three years for making hoax bomb threats that closed hundreds of schools up and down the UK.
Continue reading Three years in jail for teenager who spammed out school bomb threats
Computer users are being reminded once again to take care over the browser extensions they install after security experts discovered a hacking campaign that has been targeting academic institutions since at least May 2018.
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Computer users are being reminded once again to take care over the browser extensions they install after security experts discovered a hacking campaign that has been targeting academic institutions since at least May 2018.
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