Category: Security

WhatsApp tests disappearing messages in its Android app

[ad_1] While the feature isn’t available yet, the self-destructing messages could be useful for anyone sending sensitive info. Telegram launched with the ability to send disappearing messages, so in this case Facebook is playing catch-up. WhatsApp has been ramping up its safety and privacy features. Encryption is now built in, and last year, WhatsApp extended […]

SEC fines Block.one $24 million for unregistered ICO worth billions

[ad_1] Block.one has agreed to pay the fine, but has neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s findings. The company has also been granted a waiver which means it won’t be subject to any ongoing restrictions that would usually apply to a settlement of this kind. It’s not the first such penalty to be levied by […]

Hackers made a Detroit interstate billboard play a porn scene

[ad_1] Unlike previous billboard shockers, this was definitely not a paid-for stunt. Auburn Hills Police Department has since released a photograph and video of two men suspected of breaking into the billboard’s control room and hacking its computer. If found, the pair could face a possible penalty of 90 days in jail, and/or a $500 […]

US sanctions two Russians for meddling in 2018 midterm elections

[ad_1] Thanks to the Mueller Report, we know that the IRA exposed 126 million Americans on Facebook to Russian-backed propaganda during the 2016 US presidential election. The group attempted to use disinformation to sway the 2018 midterm elections, too. US Cyber Command took the IRA offline on the day of the elections, and the Department […]

UK police auction TalkTalk hacker’s cryptocurrency

[ad_1] This is believed to be the first auction of this kind by UK police. The money raised will go toward fighting crime. It’s also meant to show that there’s no place to hide criminal assets, one officer said. This isn’t Gunton’s first run-in with the law. He played a key role in the 2015 […]

Google faces scrutiny from Congress, DOJ over plans to encrypt DNS

[ad_1] The House sent a letter on September 13th asking if Google would use data handled through the process for commercial purposes. Google has maintained that its Chrome tweaks would give users control over who shares their info, and that it won’t force people to switch to encrypted DNS. That likely won’t allay telecoms’ fears. […]

Malware uses web apps to turn PCs into conduits for attacks

[ad_1] Crucially, the infection relies on legitimate programs to accomplish its task, whether they’re built into Windows or downloaded from third parties. There are no malware programs copied to storage. The approach makes it harder for security teams to research the code and devise countermeasures. It’s not certain who’s behind Nodersok. It appears to be […]

Second SIM card attack can send texts and phone location data

[ad_1] The vulnerability could be used to track a device’s location, point users to phishing websites and rack up fees on calls to toll numbers, among other tricks. Ginno has briefed the GSM Association on WIBattack, although it’s not clear what if anything the industry body is doing to address the issue. It’s not certain […]

Treaty would force Facebook to share encrypted chats with UK police

[ad_1] The pact would bar each country from investigating the other’s citizens, and the US couldn’t use data from UK companies in any case where the death penalty is an option. Like other politicians, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has claimed that end-to-end chat encryption helps terrorists, and that intelligence agencies should have backdoors to […]