Year: 2019
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How did Google get Pixel 4 face unlock this wrong?
Originally published in Engadget. Close your eyes and you’ll get a big surprise. 1 / 2 Illustration by Koren Shadmi Like many tech writers, I’ve been struggling to wrap my head around the brand-new Pixel 4’s face unlock security #fail. Before the phone was even released, BBC technology reporter Chris Fox discovered that his review… Read more…
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Exciting news!
Originally published on Patreon. It’s official and I can announce the news: No Starch Press wants me to revise, update, and expand The Smart Girl’s Guide to Privacy. According to emails with No Starch this week, the book’s big re-release will be next year. That’s right around the corner. But that’s not all the Smart… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week is a veritable haunted house of facepalms, including: a Ghouliani cybersequel, that Stephen King story “The Mangler” but for voting machines, a monster mash of hardware hacking and Halloween candy, a shakeup in White House cybersecurity that’ll send chills down your spine, evil clown (sorry, cloud) security undoes Adobe… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week we’ve got the Pixel 4 shipping this week with a serious issue, NordVPN making a big stinky mess of trust in the VPN space, a spyware advisor writing op-eds for Washington Post, Equifax used admin/admin, Roger Stone’s trial is still surreal, some senators want jail time for Zuckerberg, and… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week: a cyber report card for presidential candidates, spyware maker Finfisher harasses bloggers, Twitter used security phone numbers for ad targeting, a stalker found and attacked his victim using the reflection in her eyes from a selfie, China built an airliner out of hacked (stolen) parts, and more… This curated… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week we’ve got lots of nonconsensual backdoor talk, Australia’s government censoring cybersecurity conference talks, a huge insider breach of user accounts at Yahoo, more insight on the FCC net neutrality comment scam, a bad Android bug in Signal (now fixed), and more… Tip your server! This curated news roundup was… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. It’s another week of cyberfacepalms … including China’s busted San Francisco spy, someone tried to hack a Mr. Robot consultant, a big swath of the darknet goes dark, the Doordash breach gets worse, Zynga failed at security, Roger Stone updates, Microsoft’s strange “CyberPeace Institute,” and more. This curated news roundup was… Read more…
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Even the tech expert from 'Mr. Robot' can’t figure out this iPhone hack
Originally published in Engadget. Pickpocket hackers aren’t just phoning it in. 1 / 2 Koren Shadmi If your dad were the technical advisor for the realistic hacks on Mr. Robot and he lovingly micromanaged your gadgets, you'd probably feel pretty badass about the security of your personal devices. So when one of Marc Rogers' kids… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week Moscow Mitch makes sure election security is screwed, there was a real-life Mr. Robot smart home attack, the Chase hacker confessed, unlocking the Erik Prince character in Call of Duty, Vimeo basically steals biometric data, FedEx execs allegedly lied about NotPetya damage and dumped stocks, and unfortunately, there’s more.… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week we’ve got icky Richard Stallman, the California lawmaker weakening privacy laws is married to Ring’s COO, FEMA’s database exposed ten years of disaster victims, if you use LastPass update it now, there’s been an incident of pentesting going horribly wrong … and so much more. Support this curated weekly… Read more…