DHS and the FBI are investigating a robocall and text campaign warning US voters to “stay safe and stay home”
Despite scattered reports … New York Times : Despite Fears of Violence, Election Day Proceeds Smoothly as Millions Line Up to Vote Kate Cox / Ars Technica : “Stay Home” robocalls to voters prompt FBI,...
Despite a broad effort to disrupt TrickBot, including legal action by Microsoft, some command and control servers of the botnet still appear to be online
As announced today, Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet … Alfred Ng / CNET : Microsoft takes down hacking network with potential to disrupt election PYMNTS.com : Microsoft Joins Offensiv...
Ahead of a key contract renewal date, activists are pushing to end facial recognition use in Detroit, the US city with the highest percentage of Black residents
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @alfredwkng , @edmarkey , @phil_lewis_ , @combsthepoet , and @alfredwkng Tweets: @alfredwkng : New: Detroit is the largest city in the US with a majority Black population. ...
Responding to Sen. Wyden's letter, the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development says it “doesn't monitor or track” usage of facial recognition in public housing
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @tonyajoriley , @jakelaperruque , @techledes , @hypervisible , @alfredwkng , and @alfredwkng Tweets: Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley : “In a letter from HUD to Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Facebook's iOS app accesses the camera as users scroll their feeds; a workaround is to revoke the app's camera permissions; a patch is “already rolling out”
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Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused
And They're Wrong Michael Tsai : Apple Responds to Project Zero Firstpost Tech : Apple hits back at Google, accusing it of creating a ‘false impression’ of ‘mass exploitation’ around iPhone exploits A...
An in-depth look at five iOS exploit chains that were used in hacked websites for carrying out watering hole attacks against devices running iOS 10 through 12
In the earlier posts we examined … Ian Beer / Project Zero : In-the-wild iOS Exploit Chain 1 Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review : Websites have been quietly hacking iPhones for years, says...
An in-depth look at five iOS exploit chains that were used in hacked websites for carrying out watering hole attacks against devices running iOS 10 through 12
In the earlier posts we examined … Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Google Discovered Malicious Websites Used to Hack iPhones for Years Jon Porter / The Verge : Google reveals major iPhone security flaws ...
Waitlisting apps like Yelp's Nowait are increasingly popular with customers and businesses but critics wonder if the convenience is worth the privacy trade-offs
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How Facebook, Google, and Twitter train and use AI to manage abuse on a massive scale with some human help as false positives remain a challenge for AI
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @alfredwkng . Thanks: @cauchon Tweets: Alfred / @alfredwkng : When you sign up for Facebook from a phone, it's using the gyroscope to pick up subtle movements like breathin...