Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag

Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geo-locate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally — including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems — and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops. Continue reading Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag

[SANS ISC] Malware Victim Selection Through WiFi Identification

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Malware Victim Selection Through WiFi Identification“: Last week, I found a malware sample that does nothing fancy, it’s a data stealer but it has an interesting feature. It’s always interesting to have a look at the network flows generated by malware samples. For

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