Go Update Your Mac ASAP To Fix Some Serious Vulnerabilities
Credit to Author: Wired Staff| Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Las Vegas, another NSA contractor slip-up, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Easy way to bypass passcode lock screens on iPhones, iPads running iOS 11
Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:32:00 -0700
Update for iOS 11
With iOS 11, you can still bypass the iPhone lock screen and trick Siri into getting into a person’s phone. The bypass is the same as it was in the earlier version of the operating system:
- Press the home button using a finger not associated with your fingerprint authentication, prompting Siri to wake up.
- Say to Siri: Cellular data.
Siri then opens the cellular data settings where you can turn off cellular data.
As was the case before, anyone can do this. It doesn’t have to be the person who “trained” Siri.
By also turning off Wi-Fi, you cut off her connectivity access. You will get an error saying, “Siri not available. You are not connected to the internet.” But you don’t care about that error because you have already bypassed the iPhone lock screen.
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John Kelly’s Hacked Phone Could Be a Major National Security Issue
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 19:01:44 +0000
When the former head of the Department of Homeland Security and current White House Chief of Staff’s personal smartphone gets hacked, nothing good can happen.
Read MoreHow To Tell When Someone Else Tweets From @realDonaldTrump
Credit to Author: Ashley Feinberg| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:10:56 +0000
Donald Trump doesn’t write all of the tweets that come out of his account. Fortunately, there are plenty of tells for when it’s someone else.
Read MoreiOS 11: 3 ways to really switch off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 06:44:00 -0700
Many iPhone and iPad users are annoyed at Apple’s decision to change the way Control Center’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controls work, as they no longer work. Fortunately, you can still switch connectivity off quite easily.
What is the problem?
Apple in iOS 11 decided that when you tap the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth buttons in Control Center, the system now will disconnect you from any devices or networks you are currently on but no longer truly switches Wi-Fi or Bluetooth off.
This means that even though you thought you switched them off, they remain active for things like AirDrop, AirPlay, Continuity, Hotspot, Location services and devices such as the Apple Watch and Pencil.
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This Diwali, let’s think beyond sweets and lamps for gifting our loved ones. Let’s think security
Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:12:03 +0000
Every year around this time, every corner in the country lights up with a warm and balmy glow of candles, diyas, and slow flickering lamps. A distinct sound tears through the hustle of crowded streets and busy roads – the familiar boom of crackers lightning up the night sky and…
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Read MoreStep aside, Windows! Open source and Linux are IT’s new security headache
Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 04:20:00 -0700
Windows has long been the world’s biggest malware draw, exploited for decades by attackers. It continues today: The Carbon Black security firm analyzed 1,000 ransomware samples over the last six months and found that nearly 99% of them targeted Windows.
That’s not news for IT administrators, of course. But this might be: Linux and other open-source software are emerging as serious malware targets. Several recent highly publicized attacks exploit holes in open-source software that many enterprise admins once considered solidly safe.
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Kaspersky NSA Hack Points to a Serious Rogue Contractor Problem
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 21:43:35 +0000
After the revelation of the third contractor leak in as many years, the agency has a clear operational security problem.
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