[ad_1] Government attorneys had argued that the Constitution didn’t address the use of private email and phone call data. The US had charged Hasbajrami in 2011 with providing material support to a terrorist group in Pakistan, and the suspect initially pleaded guilty to one of the charges after his counsel told him that there were […]
Category: Security
Facebook helped Reuters create an online course on identifying deepfakes
[ad_1] According to Axios, Facebook is spending “six figures” to help Reuters make the course available internationally as part of the Facebook Journalism Project. The material is currently available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic, with the news agency planning to translate into at least 12 more languages, including German and Japanese, down the road. […]
WhatsApp exploit let one user render the app unusable for entire groups
[ad_1] After joining a group chat, a user could edit specific message parameters using the WhatsApp web interface and a browser debugging tool. Then they could create an “unstoppable crash-loop for all group chat members” which could only be fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling the app. The exploit would prevent members from returning to the […]
Researchers bypass airport and payment facial recognition systems using masks
[ad_1] To perform the test, artificial intelligence company Kneron commissioned high-quality 3D masks that mimicked the face of another person, and tested whether someone could wear one to fool facial recognition systems. Researchers were able to make purchases from another person’s account via the AliPay and WeChat payment systems. The team were even able to […]
Visa warns that hackers are scraping card details at gas pumps
[ad_1] The hack doesn’t appear to affect more security chip-and-pin cards, but not all consumers have those, so service stations often work with mag stripe readers, too. The data is apparently sent in an unencrypted form to the vendor’s main network, where the thieves have figured out how to intercept it. The other problem is […]
Former NASA engineer thwarts porch pirates again with ‘Glitter Bomb 2.0’
[ad_1] The first prank was extremely popular, but Rober had to re-post the video after discovering that several of the “victims” were actually friends of a volunteer who agreed to place the packages on his porch. “That is totally on me and I will take all necessary steps to make sure it won’t happen again,” […]
House panel asks Apple, Google if app makers must reveal foreign ties
[ad_1] Lynch speculated that these countries could use the data to blackmail and recruit American government workers, or obtain “undue foreign influence” on US policy. He also imagined a scenario where hostile countries could use the data to profile everyday US citizens for the sake of future diplomatic and military battles. Apple and Google haven’t […]
New Orleans declares state of emergency following cyberattack
[ad_1] Officials are running many services on pen and paper until it’s deemed safe for computers to come back online, although the Orleans Parish Communication District (which handles both 311 and 991 lines) and courts weren’t affected. The city added that emergency services’ communications were still active, and that it could still obtain footage from […]
A thief took Facebook hard drives with payroll data from a worker’s car
[ad_1] The theft took place on November 17th and Facebook noticed that the drives were missing three days later, according to Bloomberg. The company is said to have determined on November 29th that the hard drives had payroll data on them, and today began informing affected employees. The data reportedly includes employee names, banking details, […]
Apple vows to fix its easily defeated iPhone parental controls
[ad_1] Here’s how it works: Let’s say an unknown person sends a text to your child’s phone. If their contacts are stored locally but not in the Cloud, the Messages app offers to add that person to the contacts. If your kid does that, the number is added and they can call, FaceTime or text […]