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by Paul Ducklin In July 2018, after many years of using Yubico security key products for two-factor authentication (2FA), Google announced that it was entering the market as a competitor with a product of its own, called Google Titan. Security keys of this sort are often known as FIDO keys . . . Read more
05 Jan, 2021
Android, android framework, android security update, CVE-2021-0313, CVE-2021-0316, google, Kernel, MediaTek, Mobile Security, Qualcomm, remote code execution, Samsung, Security News, Vulnerabilities
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Google’s Android security update addressed 43 bugs overall affecting Android handsets, including Samsung phones.
05 Jan, 2021
Browser, chrome, Cryptography, Edge, Firefox, google, Google Chrome, https, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Security News, TLS
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by Paul Ducklin HTTPS, as you probably know, stands for secure HTTP, and it’s a cryptographic process – a cybersecurity dance, if you like – that your browser performs with a web server when it connects, improving privacy and security by agreeing to encrypt the data that goes back and . . . Read more
04 Jan, 2021
artificial intelligence, bot, break, captcha, Cryptography, google, hack, Nikolai Tschacher, Proof-of-Concept, recaptcha, Security News, speech to text api, Turing test, unCaptcha, Web Security
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Researcher uses an old unCAPTCHA trick against latest the audio version of reCAPTCHA, with a 97 percent success rate. An old attack method dating back to 2017 that uses voice-to-text to bypass CAPTCHA protections turns out to still work on Google’s latest reCAPTCHA v3. That’s according to researcher Nikolai Tschacher, . . . Read more
22 Dec, 2020
appeals court, Cisco systems, cyber-surveillance, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, google, Lawsuit, legal, Malware, Microsoft, mobile devices, Mobile Security, NSO Group, Pegasus, Privacy, Security News, Spyware, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, vmware, WhatsApp
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Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and others want appeals court to deny immunity to Israeli company for its alleged distribution of spyware and illegal cyber-surveillance activities.
17 Dec, 2020
Avast Threat Intelligence, browsers, chrome, Edge, extensions, Facebook, google, Instagram, malicious scripts, Malware, Microsoft, Security News, Vimeo, Web Security
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Researchers identify malware existing in popular add-ons for Facebook, Vimeo, Instagram and others that are commonly used in browsers from Google and Microsoft. Twenty-eight popular extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers may contain malware and likely should be uninstalled by the more than 3 million people that already . . . Read more
16 Dec, 2020
Android, Apple, Blackmail, email, google, Goontact, iOS, iPhone, KakaoTalk, Malware, Mobile Security, mobile threats, Privacy, Security News, sextortionist, Spyware, telegram, threat actors
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Goontact lures users of illicit sites through Telegram and other secure messaging apps and steals their information for future fraudulent use. New spyware is targeting iOS and Android frequenters of adult mobile sites by posing as a secure messaging application in yet another twist on sextortionist scams. The spyware, dubbed . . . Read more
03 Dec, 2020
Android, bumble, cisco teams, CVE-2020-8913, Edge, google, google play, google play core library, Grindr, Mobile Security, Security News, Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability
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Patches for a flaw (CVE-2020-8913) in the Google Play Core Library have not been implemented by several popular Google Play apps, including Cisco Teams and Edge. Researchers are warning that several popular Google Play applications – including mobile browser app Edge and business app Cisco Teams – have yet to . . . Read more
02 Dec, 2020
Apple, google, Google Project Zero, ian beer, iOS, iPadOS, iPhone, ipod, memory corruption bug, Mobile Security, Radio, Security, Security News, threat actors, update, Vulnerabilities, Wireless
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Researcher Ian Beer from Google Project Zero took six months to figure out the radio-proximity exploit of a memory corruption bug that was patched in May. Details tied to a stunning iPhone vulnerability were disclosed by noted Google Project Zero researcher Ian Beer. Apple patched the vulnerability earlier this year. . . . Read more
20 Nov, 2020
Android, Apple, Facebook, flaw, google, Google Project Zero, messenger, mobile apps, mobile devices, Mobile Security, security bug, Security News, Spying, video calls, voice calls, Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability
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The company patched a vulnerability that could connected video and audio calls without the knowledge of the person receiving them. Facebook has patched a significant flaw in the Android version of Facebook Messenger that could have allowed attackers to spy on users and potentially identify their surroundings without them knowing. . . . Read more