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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 15:00:00 +0000

The Meta-owned app offers end-to-end encryption of texts, images, and more by default—but its settings aren’t as private as they could be.

Independent Krebs

May 16, 2023 admin

Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 12:20:58 +0000

Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead to crime victims being re-victimized, a new study found. In response, the largest online marketplace for items seized in U.S. law enforcement investigations says it now ensures that all phones sold through its platform will be data-wiped prior to auction.

ComputerWorld Independent

May 16, 2023 admin

Google I/O and the curious case of the missing Android version

With Google’s I/O announcement expo now firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s time for us to enter the inevitable next phase of any tech-tinted revelation — and that’s the careful contemplation of everything we’ve just experienced.

It’s my favorite phase of all, personally, as it lets us really dive in and analyze everything with a fine-toothed comb to uncover all the subtle significance that isn’t always apparent on the surface.

And this year, my goodness, is there some splendid stuff to pore over.

Specific to the realm of Android, the sharp-eyed gumshoes over at 9to5Google noticed that this year’s under-development new Android version, Android 14, was mentioned by name only one time during the entire 2,000-hour Google I/O keynote.

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Security TrendMicro

May 16, 2023 admin

8220 Gang Evolves With New Strategies

Credit to Author: Sunil Bharti| Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We observed the threat actor group known as “8220 Gang” employing new strategies for their respective campaigns, including exploits for the Linux utility “lwp-download” and CVE-2017-3506, an Oracle WebLogic vulnerability.

Kaspersky Security

May 16, 2023 admin