[ad_1] The vulnerability exists in at least the last four versions of macOS, ranging from Sierra to Catalina. This isn’t as glaring a flaw as it sounds. To be vulnerable, you’d have to use Mail, send encrypted messages from Mail and leave FileVault’s whole-drive encryption turned off. If you rely on a third-party email client […]
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App maker claims ‘Sign in with Apple’ copies anonymous email feature
[ad_1] Blix has previously accused Apple of unfairly suppressing Blue Mail. It claimed that Apple’s acknowledged problems with App Store rankings pushed Blue Mail down to 143rd in search results (it’s since back to 13th). It also disputed Apple’s statement that it removed Blue Mail from the Mac App Store for supposedly copying another program, […]
State Department revives investigation of Clinton’s private emails
[ad_1] Anonymous State Department officials talking to the Post denied that this was prompted by President Trump, who frequently attacked Clinton’s use of private email during his 2016 election campaign and has continued to talk about it in the three years since. The email review has been going on since the Obama administration, they said, […]
DoorDash security breach affects nearly 5 million users
[ad_1] DoorDash disclosed that the last four digits of some consumer payment cards were also compromised in the breach, but no full payment information — including complete card numbers or CVV security codes — were accessed. Perhaps most troublingly, the full driver’s license numbers for approximately 100,000 DoorDash drivers were compromised in the breach. DoorDash […]
Political committee left 6.2 million email addresses exposed for 9 years
[ad_1] The data didn’t include anything more than the email addresses, so the potential for abuse was relatively small. However, it’s concerning that the S3 bucket gave everyone “full control,” letting people not only modify the list but change access permissions. The DSCC locked down its cloud storage within hours of UpGuard reporting the finding […]
TrickBot malware may have hacked 250 million email accounts
[ad_1] In a recent investigation, Deep Instinct found a database containing 250 million compromised email accounts. The firm says millions of those belong to governments in the US and UK, as well as agencies in Canada. The database contained more than 25 million Gmail addresses, 19 million Yahoo.com addresses and 11 million Hotmail.com addresses. AOL, […]
Superhuman email client turns off location tracking after ‘spying’ controversy
[ad_1] The email app Superhuman was profiled by the New York Times just a week ago as a buzzworthy startup with big names from Silicon Valley lining up to pay $30 per month for its service. Since then, a blog post by Mike Davidson dived into what that money gets users has caused a war […]
US Cyber Command warns of nation-state hackers exploiting Outlook
[ad_1] ZDNet noted that a known Iran-backed hacking team, APT33, had used the same vulnerability in December to install back doors on servers and promptly push the flaw to Outlook users. Chronicle Security’s Brandon Levene also found that Cyber Command’s code samples appeared related to APT33’s disk-wiping Shamoon malware. Symantec had also warned of increased […]
WSJ report on Jony Ive is ‘absurd’
[ad_1] Exclusive: In scathing email, Apple CEO Tim Cook tells me the @WSJ report about Jony Ive’s departure — and his frustration with Cook’s alleged lack of interest in design — is “absurd.” Says reporting and conclusions “don’t match with reality.” Full story coming soon @NBCNews … pic.twitter.com/QX9L4MvjFs — Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 1, 2019 […]
Google will work with LGBTQ+ groups on harassment policies
[ad_1] Earlier this month, YouTube declined to remove videos of right-wing commentator Steven Crowder, even though they contain homophobic and racist speech targeted at Vox host Carlos Maza. YouTube claimed the videos were “clearly hurtful” but didn’t violate any of its policies. Understandably, YouTube was criticized for its decision. In his email, Pichai said he […]