A program that allows drug agents to obtain a pool of billions of call records from AT&T is “still active,” according to a watchdog report. The report, published Thursday by the Justice Department inspector general, confirmed the program — named in the report only as Project C — continues to provide access to “billions” of […]
View More DEA says AT&T still provides access to billions of phone recordsCategory: Security
UK report blasts Huawei for network security incompetence
The latest report by a UK oversight body set up to evaluation Chinese networking giant Huawei’s approach to security has dialled up pressure on the company, giving a damning assessment of what it describes as “serious and systematic defects” in its software engineering and cyber security competence. Although the report falls short of calling for […]
View More UK report blasts Huawei for network security incompetenceRela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profiles
Rela (热拉), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn’t protected with a password. Rela disappeared from app stores in May 2017 after it was reportedly shut down by Chinese regulators, though the government never confirmed it took action. But the […]
View More Rela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profilesAsus was warned of hacking risks months ago, thanks to leaky passwords
A security researcher warned Asus two months ago that employees were improperly publishing passwords in their GitHub repositories that could be used to access the company’s corporate network. One password, found in an employee repo on the code sharing, allowed the researcher to access an email account used by internal developers and engineers to share […]
View More Asus was warned of hacking risks months ago, thanks to leaky passwordsMicrosoft sues to take control of domains involved in Iran hacking campaign
Microsoft has won a restraining order in a U.S. court in order to take control of domains used by an Iranian hacker group. The software and cloud giant applied to the court in order to take control of 99 websites used by the hacker group, known as Phosphorus or APT 35, in various hacking operations. […]
View More Microsoft sues to take control of domains involved in Iran hacking campaignSenators demand to know why election vendors still sell voting machines with ‘known’ vulnerabilities’
Four senior senators have called on the largest U.S. voting machine makers to explain why they continue to sell devices with “known vulnerabilities,” ahead of upcoming critical elections. The letter, sent Wednesday, calls on election equipment makers ES&S, Dominion Voting, and Hart InterCivic to explain why they continue to sell decades-old machines, which the senators […]
View More Senators demand to know why election vendors still sell voting machines with ‘known’ vulnerabilities’Mozilla’s free password manager, Firefox Lockbox, launches on Android
Mozilla’s free password manager designed for users of the Firefox web browser is today officially arriving on Android. The standalone app, called Firefox Lockbox, offers a simple if a bit basic way for users to access their logins already stored in their Firefox browser from their mobile device. The app is nowhere near as developed […]
View More Mozilla’s free password manager, Firefox Lockbox, launches on AndroidEU calls for increased security, but doesn’t ban Huawei 5G products
The European Union’s current approach to potential cybersecurity threats posed by Huawei 5G products is caution, but not an outright ban. The topic was the subject of new recommendations issued by the E.U. this week in response to U.S. calls to boycott the electronics giant over fears around its connection to the Chinese government. The […]
View More EU calls for increased security, but doesn’t ban Huawei 5G productsSeveral major US airlines hit by flight check-in system outage
Customers across the U.S. reported airline computer issues at a number of airports. A flood of tweets began to roll in a little after 11am ET (8am PT) about computer or network issues. Passengers on the ground said the issues related to the flight check-in systems and were unable to issue boarding passes. A spokesperson […]
View More Several major US airlines hit by flight check-in system outageApple Card will make credit card fraud a lot more difficult
Apple’s new credit card has a curious security feature that will make it much more difficult to carry out credit card fraud. The aptly named Apple Card is a new credit card, built into your iPhone Wallet app, which the company says will help customers live a “healthier” financial lifestyle. The card is designed to […]
View More Apple Card will make credit card fraud a lot more difficultApple Card will make credit card fraud a lot more difficult
Apple’s new credit card has a curious security feature that will make it much more difficult to carry out credit card fraud. The aptly named Apple Card is a new credit card, built into your iPhone Wallet app, which the company says will help customers live a “healthier” financial lifestyle. The card is designed to […]
View More Apple Card will make credit card fraud a lot more difficultAndroid users’ security and privacy at risk from shadowy ecosystem of pre-installed software, study warns
A large-scale independent study of pre-installed Android apps has cast a critical spotlight on the privacy and security risks that preloaded software poses to users of the Google developed mobile platform. The researchers behind the paper, which has been published in preliminary form ahead of a future presentation at the IEEE Symposium on Security and […]
View More Android users’ security and privacy at risk from shadowy ecosystem of pre-installed software, study warns