Here’s a thought. If the lawsuit against Yahoo succeeds and the award is $10 per victim, that would be a $30 billion judgement. The breach, you may remember, was publicly disclosed after Verizon agreed to buy Yahoo but before the deal closed. As a result of the announcement the price was lowered by $350 million, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are some possible downsides to personal virtual assistants. What if an attacker could use Cortana or Alexa to infect your computer? As these assistants become more widespread, the likelihood of an attack goes up. Screen locks do work. Sort of. They tend to stop nosy cube-mates and possibly evil maids, but beyond that, they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Most banks outsource their online banking platform – in fact their entire banking platform to one of the big players like Fidelity or Jack Henry. In fact, unless you are a Chase or a Wells, a handful of players own that whole market – see below. Apparently, at least one of these providers, possibly Fidelity, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For the most part, police need a search warrant to search your possessions. Want to search your house, get a warrant. Search your phone, yup, need a warrant. But when it comes to your car, the rules are different. The rules for searching your car don’t run back to the Constitution. After all, there were […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week there were multiple reports that Petah Tekvah, Israel based Cellebrite could unlock any iPhone up to and including the iPhone X running the most current version of the Apple OS, but you had to send the phone to them along with a check for $1,500, per phone. This week there is a report […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Here’s something you don’t hear every day. Cellebrite, a cell phone hacking vendor based in Petah Tikvah, Israel, claims that they can unlock any iPhone ever made, including the iPhone X running iOS 11.2.6 . Cellebrite, who offers their services to the highest bidder – mostly law enforcement and governments, both ones that have a […]
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