Category: security researcher

Over 267 million Facebook users reportedly had data exposed online

Post author By Randall
Post date December 19, 2019
Categories In bob diachenko, breach, comparitech, Data Privacy, database, exposed, Facebook, gear, Hack, Internet, names, phone numbers, Privacy, records, scraping, Security, security researcher, Tech, unsecured, user id

[ad_1] Dianchenko says he reported the database to the service provider managing the IP address of the server, but the database was exposed for nearly two weeks. In the meantime, he says, the data was posted as a download in a hacker forum. That’s a lot of personal data to be floating around in the […]

Iowa asked researchers to break into a courthouse, then it arrested them

Post author By Randall
Post date November 12, 2019
Categories In arrested, coalfire, courthouse, criminal charges, Cybersecurity, dallas courthouse, Election, gear, government, iowa, penetration testing, Politics, Security, security researcher, Tech, vulnerabilities

[ad_1] The incident occurred in September. The Coalfire employees found a door to the Dallas Courthouse open. They closed the door to see if it would lock and then attempted to open it, setting off an alarm. Following protocol, they waited for police to arrive, and showed them their paperwork. The first deputies to respond […]

iPhone exploit could allow permanent jailbreak for millions of devices

Post author By Randall
Post date September 27, 2019
Categories In Apple, axi0mx, bootrom, checkm8, Cybersecurity, exploit, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hacking, Iphone, jailbreak, Mobile, rom, Security, security researcher, Tech

[ad_1] Twitter user axi0mX revealed the bootrom exploit, dubbed checkm8, that makes it possible to jailbreak the devices. As The Verge explains, bootrom exploits take advantage of a vulnerability in the initial code that iOS devices load when they boot up. Because it’s read-only memory (ROM), Apple can’t overwrite or patch it through a software […]