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Hackers exploit Microsoft MSHTML bug to steal Google, Instagram creds
A newly discovered Iranian threat actor is stealing Google and Instagram credentials belonging to Farsi-speaking targets worldwide using a new PowerShell-based stealer dubbed PowerShortShell by security researchers at SafeBreach Labs.The info stealer is also used for...
Facebook Messenger and Instagram may not get default end-to-end encryption until 2023
Meta — Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp’s parent company — doesn’t plan to roll out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default on Messenger and Instagram until 2023, first reported by The Guardian.The company merged Messenger and Instagram chats last year, as a part of...
Go read this look into how Amazon failed to secure customer personal data
A new investigation from Wired describes a shocking lack of concern for customer data at e-commerce giant Amazon, where employees took advantage of the faulty system to look up celebrities’ purchases, among other breaches. It seems that despite Amazon’s professed...
Apple’s new self-service repair program: What it means for you and your Apple devices
Apple said it will soon let you repair your iPhone at home. Advocates have pushed for companies like Apple to ease restrictions around letting consumers repair their own devices. In July, the Federal Trade Commission agreed on new rules that prevent companies from...
The FBI’s email system was hacked to send out fake cybersecurity warnings
Hackers targeted the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) email servers, sending out thousands of phony messages that say its recipients have become the victims of a “sophisticated chain attack,” first reported by Bleeping Computer. The emails were initially...
Alphabet is putting its prototype robots to work cleaning up around Google’s offices
What does Google’s parent company Alphabet want with robots? Well, it would like them to clean up around the office, for a start.The company announced today that its Everyday Robots Project — a team within its experimental X labs dedicated to creating “a...
Microsoft Edge is getting price tracking and leaked passwords features
Microsoft is planning to add a new price tracker to its Edge browser, as well as a new feature that will let people easily change their passwords if they’ve been leaked online. The price tracking feature will be available soon and is designed to track products you’ve...
DuckDuckGo wants to stop apps tracking you on Android
At the end of April, Apple’s introduction of App Tracking Transparency tools shook the advertising industry to its core. iPhone and iPad owners could now stop apps from tracking their behavior and using their data for personalized advertising. Since the new privacy...
PSA: Apple isn’t actually patching all the security holes in older versions of macOS
News is making the rounds today, both via a write-up in Vice and a post from Google's Threat Analysis Group, of a privilege escalation bug in macOS Catalina that was being used by "a well-resourced" and "likely state-backed" group to target visitors to pro-democracy...