Google launches Password Checkup, a Chrome extension that alerts users to breaches and prompts resets, and Cross Account Protection for apps with Google Sign in
here's how it works Jon Porter / The Verge : Google's new Chrome Extension automatically checks your passwords are still secure Security Boulevard : What does your password say about you? Arif Bacchus...
Spammers are emailing businesses, schools, and other locations in the US, Canada, and New Zealand, demanding bitcoin as ransom to not detonate a supposed bomb
and a ‘Terrible Strategy’ Francisco Memoria / CryptoGlobe : US Government Advises Bitcoin Bomb Threat Victims to Ignore Ransom, Inform the FBI Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Bitcoin Scammers ...
Kaspersky Lab says it's found an Android spying app, likely by Italian vendors, that relies on five exploits to gain root access and can steal WhatsApp messages
a Hollywood-style mobile spy Ryan Whitwam / Android Police : Kaspersky details super-advanced ‘Skygofree’ Android trojan Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes : One Of The ‘Most Powerful’ Android Spyware Tools...
Mozilla releases Firefox 57 “Quantum” browser with faster browser engine, major visual overhaul, and Google as default search engine
It's time. The New Firefox is finally here. Mozilla / Releases - APKMirror : Firefox 57.0 — Experience a fast, smart and personal Web. Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : How to switch from RAM-hung...
Researchers find alarming number of Macs remain vulnerable to stealthy hacks due to outdated EFI firmware; Windows and Linux PCs are also likely at risk
Even With Updated Software Bryan Clark / The Next Web : Report: Countless PCs vulnerable to newly discovered firmware attack [Update] Paul Wagenseil / Tom's Guide : Many Macs Can Be Hacked by Firmware...
Global accounting firm Deloitte confirms report that it was breached, downplays impact; source: it affected all company email, admin accounts, occurred in 2016
U.S. government agencies … William White / InvestorPlace : Deloitte Data Hack 2017: Clients' Secret Emails Exposed Michael Moore / IT ProPortal : Deloitte hit by major cybersecurity breach Mohit Kumar...
Latin American social media site Taringa hacked; LeakBase says stolen database has 28M accounts with hashed passwords, of which 93.79% have been cracked so far
Mohit Kumar / The Hacker News :
Apple opposes court order over shooter's iPhone, says US government is asking it to build a backdoor to the iPhone, calls it a “dangerous precedent”
It Might Be Cops' Best Bet Katie Collins / CNET : Family of murdered soldier criticizes Apple's refusal to hack San Bernadino shooter's iPhone Don Reisinger / Fortune : Google CEO's Tepid Support Won'...