[ad_1] The duo has admitted to Judge Lucy Koh that they used Amazon Web Services logins belonging to Uber and Lynda.com employees to access their servers. They also admitted to stealing private customer information and then contacting the companies to extort them for hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of bitcoin. When Mereacre and Glover […]
Category: Security
Lyft’s stricter safety policy could make it harder to ban bad drivers
[ad_1] Under the new system, Lyft also requires its Trust and Safety team to follow a strict set of guidelines that is displayed on their computer as they work through a case (the company also made the role an hourly position instead of a salaried one). Under Lyft’s previous system, Trust and Safety team members […]
Facebook sues Israeli firm over WhatsApp call exploit attacks
[ad_1] In a statement sent to Engadget, the NSO Group has strongly denied that it had a hand in the attacks. It also claimed that its surveillance technology called Pegasus, which it sells to governments around the world, is being used to save lives: “In the strongest possible terms, we dispute today’s allegations and will […]
The first season of Call of Duty League begins January 24th
[ad_1] Call of Duty has been a staple of the esports scene for years. Until now, though, it has primarily focused on city-independent teams. The League is a bid to bring some of the fandom of conventional sports teams to the gaming realm, including home and away games. Even some of the ownership is familiar […]
China passes law regulating data encryption
[ad_1] The law requires that all state secrets be stored and transmitted using “core and common” encryption, and that institutions working on cryptography have to establish “management systems” that guarantee the security of that encryption. Those managers won’t be allowed to ask private encryption developers to turn over “exclusive” info like source code, though, and […]
40 music festivals pledge not to use facial recognition
[ad_1] Last month, musicians like Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Nahko of Nahko and Medicine for the People, Speedy Ortiz and Thievery Corporation began speaking out against the use of facial recognition at concerts. In a campaign organized by Fight for the Future, artists, fans and activists criticized the use of the technology […]
Samsung’s fix for Galaxy S10 fingerprint scanning will roll out soon
[ad_1] If you do get the update, you can’t escape it — the notice will stay until you install the fix. It’s a quick response, although it’s arguably a necessary one. In theory, anyone could unlock the S10 or Note 10 if the phone had a cheap screen cover installed. The fix should ensure that […]
FTC issues its first ban on ‘stalking’ apps
[ad_1] The FTC’s decision affects three applications in particular: MobileSpy, created to keep an eye on employees’ and kids’ devices, as well as PhoneSheriff and TeenShield, which were specifically designed to monitor kids’ phones. Retina-X sold 15,000 subscriptions for its apps before it stopped selling them last year. Retina-X apps bypass Android and iOS security […]
US Air Force gets its first anti-drone laser weapon from Raytheon
[ad_1] Raytheon says the system can draw power from a standard 220-volt outlet and can deliver dozens — it didn’t mention an exact number — of laser shots on a single charge. However, it can also be paired with a generator if it needs to be on the field for an extended period. The Air […]
Microsoft has a new way to keep your computer’s firmware from being hacked
[ad_1] Now Microsoft thinks it has a solution to the problem. As part of a new partnership with PC manufacturers, the company is launching an initiative called Secured-core PC. With Secured-core PC, Microsoft is rethinking Windows’s relationship with firmware and how it handles booting up a device. Under this new system, a processor’s firmware will […]