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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone’s new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week’s top security news.
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Credit to Author: Amit Katwala| Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:10:59 +0000
Quantum-proof encryption is here—decades before it can be put to the test.
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Credit to Author: Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica| Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000
The US Federal Communications Commission says a man posing as a fake broadband service promised victims discounts on internet services and devices.
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Credit to Author: Thor Benson| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Known as ALPRs, this surveillance tech is pervasive across the US—and could soon be used by police and anti-abortion groups alike.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 06:17:00 -0700
Apple has struck a big blow against the mercenary “surveillance-as-a-service” industry, introducing a new, highly secure Lockdown Mode to protect individuals at the greatest risk of targeted attacks. The company is also offering millions of dollars to support research to expose such threats.
Starting in iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, and available now in the latest developer-only betas, Lockdown Mode hardens security defenses and limits the functionalities sometimes abused by state-sponsored surveillance hackers. Apple describes this protection as “sharply reducing the attack surface that potentially could be exploited by highly targeted mercenary spyware.”
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:04:36 +0000
Starting with iOS 16, people who are at risk of being targeted with spyware will have some much-needed help.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Fake sellers. Competitions. Crypto cons. There are plenty of grifts on the platform, but you don’t have to get sucked in.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000
With abortion set to be criminalized in more than half the US, encryption has never been more important for protection—and civil disobedience.
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