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Apple fixes iMessage zero-day exploited by Pegasus spyware

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Apple has released several security updates this week to patch a “FORCEDENTRY” vulnerability on iOS devices. The “zero-click, zero-day” vulnerability has been actively exploited by Pegasus, a spyware app developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, which has been known to target activists, journalists, and prominent people around […]

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Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4, 700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos

Enlarge / The Internet is unfortunately packed full of criminals seeking to steal sexual (or sexualizable) images from privately held cloud backup accounts. (credit: 1905HKN via Getty Images / Jim Salter ) The LA Times reported this week that Los Angeles man Hao Kuo “David” Chi pled guilty to four federal felonies related to his […]

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38 million records exposed online—including contact-tracing info

Enlarge (credit: Jorg Greuel | Getty Images) More than a thousand web apps mistakenly exposed 38 million records on the open internet, including data from a number of Covid-19 contact tracing platforms, vaccination sign-ups, job application portals, and employee databases. The data included a range of sensitive information, from people’s phone numbers and home addresses […]

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Here’s what that Google Drive “security update” message means

Enlarge (credit: Google Drive ) “A security update will be applied to Drive, ” Google’s weird new email reads. A whole bunch of us on the Ars Technica staff got blasted with this last night. If you visit drive. google. com, you’ll also see a message saying, “On September 13, 2021, a protection update will […]

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For years, a backdoor in popular KiwiSDR product gave root to project developer

Enlarge (credit: KiwiSDR) A spectrum painted image made using KiwiSDR. (credit: xssfox) KiwiSDR is hardware that uses a software-defined radio to monitor transmissions in a local area and stream them over the Internet. A largely hobbyist base of users do all kinds of cool things with the playing-card-sized devices. A user in, say, Manhattan can […]

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Britney Spears’ Conservators Fighting? Jamie Objects To Jodi Montgomery’s Request For 24/7 Security!

Dueling conservators is the LAST thing Britney Spears needs. Since Brit’s bombshell testimony against the entire conservatorship concept, her personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, and conservator of her estate, father Jamie Spears, have started duking it out in court. Jamie tried to blame Jodi for some of the pop star’s complaints, while Jodi pointed out that […]

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A well-meaning feature leaves millions of Dell PCs vulnerable

Enlarge / Dell has released a patch for a set of vulnerabilities that left as many as 30 million devices exposed. (credit: Artur Widak | Getty Images) Researchers have known for years about security issues with the foundational computer code known as firmware. It’s often riddled with vulnerabilities, it’s difficult to update with patches, and […]

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NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone

Enlarge (credit: Chalongrat Chuvaree | Getty Images) For years, security researchers and cybercriminals have hacked ATMs by using all possible avenues to their innards, from opening a front panel and sticking a thumb drive into a USB port to drilling a hole that exposes internal wiring. Now, one researcher has found a collection of bugs […]

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NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone

Enlarge (credit: Chalongrat Chuvaree | Getty Images) For years, security researchers and cybercriminals have hacked ATMs by using all possible avenues to their innards, from opening a front panel and sticking a thumb drive into a USB port to drilling a hole that exposes internal wiring. Now, one researcher has found a collection of bugs […]