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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Sultan Qasim Khan at U.K.-based security firm NCC Group devised an exploit for unlocking Teslas and countless other devices.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2022
Researchers analyzed the top 100,000 websites and found a significant number record some or all of visitors' typewritten data.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2022
Researchers at security firm Nozomi Networks identified an unpatched vulnerability in third-party code libraries used by 200 hardware and software vendors.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | May 6, 2022
Researchers at the U.K.’s University of Oxford found that iOS apps can still track users without explicit permission.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | April 25, 2022
Apple recently released patches for two critical zero-day vulnerabilities discovered by an anonymous researcher that affect the operating systems of iPhones, iPads...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | April 7, 2022
Researchers in the Shadytel telecommunications and embedded device hacking group used a decommissioned Canadian satellite to broadcast a livestream to the Northern...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2022
A researcher found that Yandex, known as "Russia's Google," embedded code in apps for mobile devices that allows data to be sent to servers in Russia.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | April 4, 2022
A proof-of-concept "browser in the browser" exploit could phish passwords using a malicious site that does not contain suspicious domains or substitute letters....Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | March 29, 2022
Security researchers have uncovered macOS malware that can be installed by exploits almost impossible for most users to detect.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2022
Researchers at China's Qihoo 360 reported that the EWDoor malware has infected the networking devices of thousands of AT&T Internet customers in the U.S.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2021
Researchers uncovered a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows Hello system that permitted them to manipulate a USB webcam to unlock a Windows...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2021
Chinese video game publisher Tencent has added a facial recognition system to more than 60 of its China-specific smartphone games.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2021
Researchers warn a Microsoft software patch did not fully correct a flaw in the Windows operating system that allows hackers to commandeer infected networks.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | July 9, 2021
Researchers found that a botnet they have been following disguised one of its IP addresses in the bitcoin blockchain to guard against a command-and-control server...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | March 4, 2021
Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft are partnering to stop Kazakhstan's government from decrypting and reading HTTPS-encrypted traffic between citizens and...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2020
Researchers warned Wednesday that up to 3 million devices have been infiltrated by malware-impregnated Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions that...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | December 18, 2020