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Twitter and two-factor authentication: What’s changing?

February 21, 2023 admin 2 factor authentication, 2fa, App, authentication app, authorisation, hardware key, login, Mobile, news, phish, phishing, sms, Twitter, verify

Categories: News

Tags: twitter

Tags: 2fa

Tags: sms

Tags: 2 factor authentication

Tags: app

Tags: authorisation

Tags: authentication app

Tags: hardware key

Tags: login

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

Tags: verify

Tags: mobile

Twitter is making radical changes to how two factor authentication works on the site. What’s happening, and when do these changes go live?

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Stalkerware-type app developers fined by NY Attorney General

February 8, 2023 admin App, developer, device, Mobile, monitoring, New York, news, nyag, stalkerware

Categories: News

Tags: stalkerware

Tags: mobile

Tags: device

Tags: NYAG

Tags: monitoring

Tags: New York

Tags: app

Tags: developer

We take a look at news that the NYAG has penalised developers of stalkerware-type apps, and the ramifications for those developers further down the line.

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Ho, ho, no! Scams to avoid this festive season

December 8, 2022 admin Android, App, bitcoin, christmas, cryptocurrency, fake job, FBI, festive season, gift cards, Interview, news, offer, resume, scams, social media, survey, telegram, WhatsApp, xmas

Categories: News

Tags: FBI

Tags: scams

Tags: xmas

Tags: christmas

Tags: festive season

Tags: social media

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: bitcoin

Tags: app

Tags: android

Tags: fake job

Tags: offer

Tags: whatsapp

Tags: telegram

Tags: interview

Tags: resume

Tags: gift cards

Tags: survey

We take a look at a list of popular scams compiled by the FBI to avoid this festive season, and offer our own insights.

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Hive Social pulls the plug on itself after security flaws found

December 8, 2022 admin App, hive social, Mastodon, Mobile, news, Security, social media, socmed, Twitter

Categories: News

Tags: Hive social

Tags: app

Tags: mobile

Tags: social media

Tags: socmed

Tags: mastodon

Tags: twitter

Tags: security

Hive was taken offline last Wednesday, after researchers found security issues which could have had major ramifications for service users.

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Gas, a positive social network for teens (no, really)

October 21, 2022 admin App, fun, Gas, iPhone, kids, Mobile, news, poll, polls, schools, social network, teenagers, teens

Categories: News

Tags: Gas

Tags: social network

Tags: poll

Tags: polls

Tags: mobile

Tags: iPhone

Tags: app

Tags: schools

Tags: kids

Tags: teens

Tags: teenagers

Tags: fun

We take a look at a fairly exclusive app designed for teens which claims to come with none of the nastiness found elsewhere online.

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Man scammed IRL for a phone he sold online

October 19, 2022 admin App, bank transfer, fake, fraud, Mobile, news, phone, sale, SCAM, selling, social media

Categories: News

Tags: scam

Tags: fake

Tags: fraud

Tags: sale

Tags: selling

Tags: bank transfer

Tags: app

Tags: phone

Tags: mobile

Tags: social media

We take a look at reports of scammers using fake bank transfer apps to make it look as though they’ve bought your for-sale item.

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There’s an app for that: web skimmers found on PaaS Heroku

December 4, 2019 admin App, apps, credit card, heroku, Magecart, paas, skimmer, skimmers, web skimmers, web skimming, web threats

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Cybercriminals are abusing platform-as-a-service (PaaS) cloud provider Heroku to build web skimming apps and steal customer data.

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Web threats

Tags: app apps credit card heroku Magecart paas skimmer skimmers web skimmers web skimming

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Apple pulls Facebook enterprise certificate

January 31, 2019 admin App, apple, Data Privacy, Facebook, facebook privacy, Mobile, privacy, Security world, store, VPN

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:44:03 +0000

After an app using an internal-only certificate from Facebook made its way into the outside world, Apple has responded by pulling Facebook’s developer certificate with immediate consequences for the social media giant.

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Tags: app Apple Data privacy facebook facebook privacy Mobile privacy store vpn

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