Department of Homeland Security and GCHQ back Apple and Amazon’s denials they were hacked by China

The US Department of Homeland Security and UK’s GCHQ have rallied behind the vigorous denials issued by Amazon and Apple, after Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported China had planted malicious computer chips on systems used by the tech giants.
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BEC-as-a-service offers hacked business accounts for as little as $150

New research has revealed that business email compromise is being made easier for any criminal to add to their arsenal. Is your company doing enough to protect itself?
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China accused of sabotaging thousands of servers at major US companies with tiny microchips hidden on motherboards

An extraordinary report released by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, which claims that China has been exploiting the supply-chain, planting a tiny microchip on servers which ended up in the server rooms of almost 30 companies, including the likes of Apple and A… Continue reading China accused of sabotaging thousands of servers at major US companies with tiny microchips hidden on motherboards→

Smashing Security #098: A Facebook omnishambles

Millions of Facebook user accounts put at risk after hack! The UK Conservative party’s conference app causes a privacy omnishambles! And Facebook (again) has been doing something naughty with the phone numbers you give it for security reasons! Oh, and … Continue reading Smashing Security #098: A Facebook omnishambles→

Smashing Security #098: A Facebook omnishambles

Millions of Facebook user accounts put at risk after hack! The UK Conservative party’s conference app causes a privacy omnishambles! And Facebook (again) has been doing something naughty with the phone numbers you give it for security reasons! Oh, and … Continue reading Smashing Security #098: A Facebook omnishambles→

Even with the latest iOS 12 update, your iPhone’s lockscreen is unsafe

Once again, a way of bypassing the iPhone’s passcode lock to expose users’ photos and contacts has been discovered. Jose Rodriguez, who has uncovered vulnerabilities in iOS’s lock screen security on a number of occasions in the past, … Continue reading Even with the latest iOS 12 update, your iPhone’s lockscreen is unsafe→