Detecting Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb and Similar Rentals No one wants to think about this, but it is an issue. Especially in private home/condo rentals, owners are worried about you stealing or damaging their stuff. And some of them are just stalkers. Here is a TikTok video from well known security researcher Marcus Hutchins […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]LA Police Collected Social Media Account Info From People They Talked To I’m sure they were just curious. The LA police watchdog says that officers were instructed to collect civilians’ social media details when they interviewed them. An Email from the Chief dating back to 2015. He said it could be beneficial to investigations and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Signal Provides Customer IP Address to Swiss Police While police all over the world complain about the universe going dark on them, that is only true to an extent. Proton maintains no logs, but they can capture data in real time. In this case they received an order from the Swiss Federal Department of Justice, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple Offers Fixes For Broken iPhone 12s While not exactly a security issue, Apple is offering to fix defective iPhone 12s that were made between October 2020 and April 2021 and which have a defective receiver module component. That is mighty kind of them since every single one of them is still under warranty and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Third Party Risk – You Can Ignore it, But It Won’t Ignore You DataBreaches.net is reporting that a hacker claimed to have hacked an HVAC vendor and remotely accessed systems at the vendor’s customers. One of those customers is reported to be Boston Children’s Hospital. The HVAC vendor is reported to be ENE Systems in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well That Seems Like a Bit Over the Top A pharmacist in Illinois faces up to 120 years in prison for selling dozens of (I assume blank) Covid vaccine cards. The pharmacist sold 134 cards to 11 buyers for roughly $1276. He is being charged with theft of government property. That seems like a stretch, […]
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