Category: Software Security

October 3, 2018

APPLE MAY HARP ON about how secure iOS 12 is but a hacker has found a way to bypass the passcode on iPhones by exploiting Siri. Security researcher Jose Rodriguez has showcased a workaround that allows access to an iPhone’s […]

October 1, 2018

Secure Sockets Layer—SSL for short—is a standard security protocol that is used to encrypt communications between a web server and a web browser. SSL is important! Without it, information that is exchanged between a server and a client is sent […]

September 28, 2018

There may be quite a bit of controversy surrounding the use of facial recognition tech for law enforcement purposes, but that hasn’t stopped the industry from pressing forward. Amazon’s “Rekognition” technology is already in use at police departments throughout the […]

September 21, 2018

Bitcoin Core developers have issued an important statement to the entire community, as the fallout from a recently disclosed DDoS vulnerability intensifies. The vulnerability, which researchers disclosed earlier this week, made it possible for miners to sabotage the Bitcoin network […]

September 18, 2018

FACEBOOK IS DETERMINED to clean up its act when it comes to third-party apps, as evidenced by its ramping up of rewards for bugs in found aforementioned applications. While some Facebook users might be cautious about allowing third-party apps to […]

September 5, 2018

Honeywell bundled an impressive number of features into the company’s crowdsourced Smart Home Security starter kit, including a security camera, smart home integration and Alexa. But it’s not what Honeywell included so much as what it left out from this […]

August 30, 2018

Google on Thursday unveiled the Titan Security Key, a two-factor authentication (2FA) token that should improve your security and make it harder, if not impossible, for hackers to breach your online accounts that support 2FA protection. The Titan Security Key […]

August 23, 2018

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Onavo Protect mobile VPN app broke Apple’s updated privacy and data security rules that were introduced in June. These prohibit apps from collecting data from other apps installed on a device for the […]

August 23, 2018

North Korean hacking outfit “Lazarus” is now targeting cryptocurrency exchanges. Information security firm Kaspersky Labs has discovered it is exploring new attack vectors and trojanizing cryptocurrency software. Kaspersky Labs has been tracking Lazarus for over a year. Back in April, […]

August 21, 2018

Google has been improving its Android anti-malware protections for years, but that doesn’t mean its built-in tool to handle and prevent malware attacks is your best choice for staying protected. In fact, the exact opposite is true: The Play Protect […]