A look at Musk-backed America PAC's “Register to Vote” online campaign, which collects users' personal data in swing states, but does not help them register
https://www.cnbc.com/... (NYTimes had reported in July, “The group has taken pains to be secretive. Joe Lonsdale...played a key role in the group, recruiting many of his friends — including the Jimmy...
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 ...
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day
Data Sheet Joseph Zappa / Street Fight : Report: Fake Google Maps Listings Ensnare Consumers, Harm Legitimate Businesses Jason England / Android Central : Millions of fake businesses are currently lis...
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day
Data Sheet Joseph Zappa / Street Fight : Report: Fake Google Maps Listings Ensnare Consumers, Harm Legitimate Businesses Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Are there really millions of f...
Exploits, called KRACK, in Wi-Fi security protocol WPA2 open traffic to eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and malicious injection; US CERT advisory issued
A new vulnerability in the WPA2 protocol … Chris Merriman / Inquirer : KRACK down: Vendors start to patch WPA2 flaw Kevin Beaumont / DoublePulsar : Regarding Krack Attacks—WPA2 flaw Mat Smith / Engadg...
Some apps installed from Mac App Store were temporarily unusable after Apple failed to renew security certificate
I woke up to an inbox full … Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune : Who's Minding the Apple App Store? Iain Thomson / The Register : App Store fail thanks to expired security certificate Michael Tsai / C-Com...
Apple says YiSpecter iOS malware only affects users who downloaded apps from untrusted sources; issue is fixed since iOS 8.4
Dave Mark / The Loop :