Apple is airing a new ad spot focused on privacy today in primetime. The spot is visually cued, with no dialog and a simple tagline: Privacy. That’s iPhone. In a series of humorous vignettes, the message is driven home that sometimes you just want a little privacy. The spot has only one line of text
It has certainly been an interesting several months for container users. Late last year, we saw the emergence of CVE-2018-1002105, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Kubernetes that allows attackers to subvert the Kubernetes API to gain access to the attached resources. More recently, researchers published details about CVE-2019-5736 that described an issue in runC —
Malicious actors who breached a Pakistani government site and delivered the ScanBox Framework payload have been tracking users who visit the site to check the status of their passport applications, according to research from Trustwave. Since attackers compromised the site, visitors to the subdomain (tracking.dgip.gov[.]pk) of the Pakistani government website’s Directorate General of Immigration & Passport load
by Paul Ducklin It’s Pi Day – or World Pi Day, if you prefer, or even Universe Pi Day, given that Pi is a universal constant. As you may remember from school mathematics, Pi is the cool and amazing ratio you get when you divide the distance around a circle by the distance across it
Free apps have a lot of appeal for users. They don’t cost a cent and can help users complete tasks on-the-go. However, users should take precautions before installing any app on their device. Researchers here at McAfee have observed some Android apps using extremely deceptive techniques to try and trick users into signing up for
Facebook owned Instagram and WhatsApp also affected by unexplained interruption Facebook along with some of its most prominent family of apps were down on Wednesday leaving users around the globe unable to use their favorite services for a prolonged period of time. It was the longest outage in the history of Facebook, but at the
WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced a widespread outage yesterday with users from around the world reporting issues with sending messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, posting feeds on Facebook and accessing other features on the three Facebook-owned platforms. While the outage was quite troubling both for the social media giant and its millions of users, guess
Breedr, a U.K. startup that wants to help farmers make better use of their livestock data to improve profitability, has raised £2.2 million in funding. The seed round is led by London-based LocalGlobe, with participation from Mons Investment and a number of angel investors. They include Ian Hogarth, Darren Shapland, and Jonathan McKay. The company
Apple Music is launching on Amazon Fire TV in the U.S. today, after rolling out in December to Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers. The news is notable as it’s yet another example of the eased tensions between the two rivals following Apple CEO Tim Cook’s 2017 announcement of Apple’s agreement with Amazon. Their deal
After months of investigating what was believed to be the largest online drug trafficking ring in the past decade, Israeli police, in conjunction with officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), have arrested 42 suspects, including the alleged leader. According to SBU, “On March 12, Ukrainian law enforcers basing on the motion about international
by Paul Ducklin Sextortion is back! In fact, it never went away. Some of us get dozens of sextortion scam emails every month to our work and personal accounts, demanding us to PAY MONEY OR ELSE!! In the crime of sextortion, the “OR ELSE” part is a threat to release a video of a sexual
While biometric tools like facial ID and fingerprints have become more common when it comes to securing our data and devices, strong passwords still play an essential part in safeguarding our digital lives. This can be frustrating at times, since many of us have more accounts and passwords than we can possibly remember. This can
Protecting your privacy is no longer just an option but a legal requirement in many parts of the world To protect privacy, you must act securely. Here at RSA, lots of companies are thinking of better ways to do both. But with the explosion of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related initiatives like the
It’s time for another batch of “Patch Tuesday” updates from Microsoft. Microsoft today released its March 2019 software updates to address a total of 64 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other products, 17 of which are rated critical, 45 important, one moderate and one low in severity. The update addresses flaws
Drivezy — the startup out of India that wants to turn private car usage on its head through a car-sharing network where people lend their cars and two-wheeled vehicles but also have options to use vehicles from a fleet managed by Drivezy — said it is raising more money as it gears up for the
Yesterday, Twitter rolled out its much-anticipated prototype application to the first group of testers. We’ve now gotten our hands on the app and can see how the current version differs from the build Twitter introduced to the world back in January. While the original version and today’s prototype share many of the same features, there
A prolific malware, dubbed Ursnif, has resurfaced with new features, including the ability to bypass a popular Japanese antivirus software called PhishWall, according to Cybereason. Described as one of the most prolific information-stealing malware programs, Ursnif has been around since at least 2013. For nearly three months, researchers have been observing a campaign that has
by Lisa Vaas Facebook on Friday sued two Ukrainian men, Andrey Gorbachov and Gleb Sluchevsky, for allegedly scraping private user data through malicious browser extensions that masqueraded as quizzes. The company also alleges that the deceptive extensions injected unauthorized ads into Facebook users’ News Feeds when their victims visited through the compromised browsers. From Facebook’s
In this digital day and age, the average user is likely familiar with the techniques and avenues cybercriminals use to get ahold of personal data and money. With this knowledge, we’ve become smarter and keen to the tricks of the cybercrime trade. However, cybercriminals have become smarter too, and therefore their attacks have become more
The repository of email addresses and other records would offer a gold mine of data for scammers Security researchers have discovered a humongous collection of email addresses and other data that was left sitting on the internet with no protection whatsoever. Bob Diachenko revealed late last week that he’d found an unsecured MongoDB server with
Do you always think twice before installing Windows updates worrying that it could crash your system or leave it non-working the day after Patch Tuesdays? Don’t worry. Microsoft has addressed this issue by adding a safety measure that would from now onwards automatically uninstall buggy software updates installed on your system if Windows 10 detects
Mounir Mahjoubi Contributor On March 12, 2019, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the “World Wide Web”, Tim Berners-Lee’s ground-breaking invention. In just thirty years, this flagship application of the Internet has forever changed our lives, our habits, our way of thinking and seeing the world. Yet, this anniversary leaves a bittersweet taste in our
One of the last top-tier venture firms to resist coming to San Francisco has apparently decided that it’s time to make the move. According to a source familiar with the thinking of Andreessen Horowitz, the firm is opening up a San Francisco office later this year. The WSJ had reported on Friday that the firm
Cybercriminals are increasingly using encryption to launch attacks and evade detection, according to a new report from cloud security vendor Zscaler. Threat actors use encryption protocols like Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security (TLS) to disguise malware, conceal malicious traffic and carry out phishing scams — thus fueling a rise in SSL threats —
Despite Austin’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival being largely focused on film and music, 2020 presidential candidates arrived in Texas ready to talk about data privacy and cybersecurity. On March 8, Sen. Elizabeth Warren made headlines for her promise to break up big tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple, while Sen.
by Danny Bradbury The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems. The controversy surrounds the Advanced Targeting and Lethality Automated System (ATLAS). Created by the Department of Defense, it is a program to develop: Autonomous target acquisition technology, that will
If you own a Mac or PC, odds are you’ve used your laptop’s Thunderbolt port to connect another device to your machine. Thunderbolt ports are convenient for charging other devices using your laptop or desktop’s battery power. However, a new flaw called Thunderclap allows attackers to steal sensitive information such as passwords, encryption keys, financial
Asian game developers again targeted in supply-chain attacks distributing malware in legitimately signed software This is not the first time the gaming industry has been targeted by attackers who compromise game developers, insert backdoors into a game’s build environment, and then have their malware distributed as legitimate software. In April 2013, Kaspersky Lab reported that
With countless web apps and online services launching every day, there is an increasing demand for cloud developers. This exciting niche is due to grow rapidly over the next few years, and the paycheck should follow suit. If you want to build a career in this lucrative niche, it pays to know AWS (Amazon Web
China is getting serious about the way live streaming videos affect tens of millions of youngsters, so much so a top authority has proposed to tighten restrictions on underage use. According to a report from the China Youth Daily, the Communist Party-controlled All Youth Federation recently submitted a proposal during the once-a-year parliamentary session, urging
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