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Apple Fixes 0-Days — Russia Says US Used for Spying
Vulns unpatched for FOUR years: ‘Triangulation’ spyware said to use backdoor Apple gave to NSA ...
SMS Phishers Harvested Phone Numbers, Shipment Data from UPS Tracking Tool
The United Parcel Service (UPS) says fraudsters have been harvesting phone numbers and other information from its online shipment tracking tool in Canada to send highly targeted SMS phishing (a.k.a. "smishing") messages ...
Russia Says NSA Hacked iOS With Apple’s Help — we Triangulate Kaspersky’s Research
Tit-For-Tat Triangulation Trojan Talk: Backdoor inserted at U.S. behest, alleges FSB ...
The Legacy of The Hacker Manifesto
I was 11 years young when The Hacker Manifesto was originally published in 1986 (yes, I’m that old). I had no idea about the manifesto at that age but several years later ...
Private Tweets Exposed, Unauthorized Tracking Collaboration, AI Risks and Regulation
In this episode we discuss a recent Twitter security incident that caused private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to become visible to unintended recipients. Next, we discuss the collaboration between Apple and ...
New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL
PATCH NOW! Oh, wait, you can’t: “You are no longer connected to the internet,” it sneers ...
Using the iPhone Recovery Key to Lock Owners Out of Their iPhones
This a good example of a security feature that can sometimes harm security: Apple introduced the optional recovery key in 2020 to protect users from online hackers. Users who turn on the ...
How to Stop Online Tracking: 3 New Ways
In this episode host Tom Eston discusses one of the biggest privacy concerns people have today, online tracking by companies and advertisers. Tom will cover the following topics, tips, and new techniques ...
Apple to Allow Third-Party App Stores, Lensa AI App Privacy Risks, Real-Life Invisibility Cloak
Apple is considering giving third-party app stores access to its iPhones and iPads in the European Union (EU) to comply with new competition law. Will the “sideloading” of apps change Apple’s walled ...
AirTag Stalking – Murder, Fear and Litigation
At the end of January 2022, Akron, Ohio resident Heidi Moon was staying in a hotel in Kent, Ohio when her ex-boyfriend texted her, indicating that he knew where she was. Four ...
