Day: December 15, 2021

Banks, ISPs Increasingly Embrace ‘Voice Print’ Authentication Despite Growing Security Risk

Posted on by Robin Edgar

While it’s certainly possible to sometimes do biometrics well, a long line of companies frequently… don’t. Voice print authentication is particularly shaky, especially given the rise of inexpensive voice deepfake technology. But, much like the continued use of text-message two-factor authentication (which is increasingly shown to not be secure), it apparently doesn’t matter to a Read more about Banks, ISPs Increasingly Embrace ‘Voice Print’ Authentication Despite Growing Security Risk[…]

Why our electronics break: what we can learn from nearly 10 years of repairs over 50k broken items

Posted on by Robin Edgar

We now have data on over 21,000 broken items and what was done to fix them. This information comes from volunteers at our own events and others who use our community repair platform, restarters.net. Thanks to our partners in the Open Repair Alliance who also collect this kind of data, we were able to include Read more about Why our electronics break: what we can learn from nearly 10 years of repairs over 50k broken items[…]

Apple Removes All References to Controversial CSAM Scanning Feature – where they would scan all the pictures you took

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Apple has quietly nixed all mentions of CSAM from its Child Safety webpage, suggesting its controversial plan to detect child sexual abuse images on iPhones and iPads may hang in the balance following significant criticism of its methods. Apple in August announced a planned suite of new child safety features, including scanning users’ iCloud Photos Read more about Apple Removes All References to Controversial CSAM Scanning Feature – where they would scan all the pictures you took[…]

Hackers Steal $135 Million From Users of Crypto Gaming Company

Posted on by Robin Edgar

In the latest hack targeting cryptocurrency investors, hackers stole around $135 million from users of the  blockchain gaming company VulcanForge, according to the company. The hackers stole the private keys to access 96 wallets, siphoning off 4.5 million PYR, which is VulcanForge’s token that can be used across its ecosystem, the company said in a Read more about Hackers Steal $135 Million From Users of Crypto Gaming Company[…]

Ukraine arrests 51 for selling data of 300 million people in US, EU

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Ukrainian law enforcement arrested 51 suspects believed to have been selling stolen personal data on hacking forums belonging to hundreds of millions worldwide, including Ukraine, the US, and Europe. “As a result of the operation, about 100 databases of personal data relevant for 2020-2021 were seized,” the Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine Read more about Ukraine arrests 51 for selling data of 300 million people in US, EU[…]

Gumtree users’ locations were visible by pressing F12, wouldn’t pay bug bounty to finder

Posted on by Robin Edgar

UK online used goods bazaar Gumtree exposed its users’ home addresses in the source code of its webpages, and then tried to squirm out of a bug bounty after infosec bods alerted it to the flaw. British company Pen Test Partners (PTP) spotted the data leakage, which meant anyone could view a Gumtree user’s name Read more about Gumtree users’ locations were visible by pressing F12, wouldn’t pay bug bounty to finder[…]

Don’t Buy an HDMI 2.1 TV Before You Read the Fine Print

Posted on by Robin Edgar

[…]If deciphering every version of HDMI wasn’t already tedious enough, we now know that the latest and greatest HDMI 2.1 standard, well, isn’t very standardized. A TFTCentral investigation revealed that the TV or monitor you purchase with “HDMI 2.1″ might not support any of the latest features. TFTCentral smelled something fishy when it saw that Read more about Don’t Buy an HDMI 2.1 TV Before You Read the Fine Print[…]