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Your iOS App May Still Be Covertly Tracking You, Despite What Apple Says
Researchers at the U.K.’s University of Oxford found that iOS apps can still track users without explicit permission.
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Apple Rushes Out Patches for Zero-Days Threatening iOS, macOS Users
Apple recently released patches for two critical zero-day vulnerabilities discovered by an anonymous researcher that affect the operating systems of iPhones, iPads...
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Researchers Use Decommissioned Satellite to Broadcast Hacker TV
Researchers in the Shadytel telecommunications and embedded device hacking group used a decommissioned Canadian satellite to broadcast a livestream to the Northern...
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Data-Harvesting Code in Mobile Apps Sends User Data to 'Russia's Google'
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.
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Behold, a Password Phishing Site that Can Trick Even Savvy Users
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....
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Booby-Trapped Sites Delivered Potent Backdoor Trojan to macOS Users
Security researchers have uncovered macOS malware that can be installed by exploits almost impossible for most users to detect.
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Thousands of AT&T Customers in the U.S. Infected by Data-Stealing Malware
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.
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Intel Slipped, and Its Future Now Depends on Making Everyone Else's Chips
Intel slipped—and its future now depends on making everyone else's chips.
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Hackers Got Past Windows Hello by Tricking Webcam
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...
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Chinese Phone Games Now Require Facial Scans to Play at Night
Chinese video game publisher Tencent has added a facial recognition system to more than 60 of its China-specific smartphone games.
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Microsoft's Emergency Patch Fails to Fix Critical 'PrintNightmare' Vulnerability
Researchers warn a Microsoft software patch did not fully correct a flaw in the Windows operating system that allows hackers to commandeer infected networks.
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Chipmaker Says It Will Ramp Up Production of Older 28nm Chips
Fourth-largest contract chipmaker aiming at supply problems for carmakers, others.
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New Android Malware Found with Full Range of Spying Capabilities
Despite its sophistication, the app can be easy for more experienced users to spot.
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The Bitcoin Blockchain Is Helping Keep a Botnet From Being Taken Down
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...
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Kazakhstan Spies on Citizens' HTTPS Traffic; Browser-Makers Fight Back
Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft are partnering to stop Kazakhstan's government from decrypting and reading HTTPS-encrypted traffic between citizens and...
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Up to 3 Million Devices Infected by Malware-Laced Chrome and Edge Add-ons
Researchers warned Wednesday that up to 3 million devices have been infiltrated by malware-impregnated Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions that...
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'A Damn Stupid Thing to Do'—the Origins of C
Today, C may be a lingua franca among programmers. This is its (abridged) history.
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FBI/DHS: Government Systems Face Threat From Zerologon Exploits
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security have detected attackers exploiting a Windows vulnerability against state and local...
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This Device Keeps Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
An international team of researchers has developed a Raspberry Pi-based device that eventually may be able to warn users when Amazon's Alexa and other voice assistants...
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