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Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoA fintech app asked users for their passports - then left 360,000 files unprotected for five years - Silicon Canals
A money transfer app exposed over 360,000 sensitive files on a public server for nearly five years, including unencrypted personal documents.
Privacy technologies
fromTechCrunch
2 days agoExclusive: Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of driver's licenses and passports to the open web
A publicly accessible Amazon storage server exposed personal data of hundreds of thousands, including driver's licenses and passports, without encryption.
Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoA money-transfer app stored customer passports on an unencrypted, publicly accessible server for nearly five years - Silicon Canals
Fintech companies face regulatory pressure to collect identity documents but lack enforceable obligations to protect them, leading to data breaches.
fromComputerworld
1 day agoA core infrastructure engineer pleads guilty to federal charges in insider attack
Rhyne's attack involved unauthorized remote desktop sessions, deletion of network administrator accounts, and changing of passwords, showcasing significant security vulnerabilities.
Information security
fromTechCrunch
3 days agoHasbro says it was hacked, and may take 'several weeks' to recover | TechCrunch
Hasbro detected an intrusion on March 28, prompting the company to take down some of its systems. Parts of Hasbro's website appeared down, with error messages indicating maintenance.
Privacy professionals
fromComputerworld
4 days agoWhy the axios supply chain attack should have Apple worried
The attack illustrates the extent to which Big Tech relies on open-source software. Without the many contributions of open-source developers, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and everyone else would need to invest vast sums in building more of the infrastructure of our digital world.
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fromArs Technica
2 weeks agoHundreds of millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild
DarkSword, a sophisticated iPhone hacking technique discovered in use by Russian hackers, can silently compromise hundreds of millions of iOS devices running older operating system versions through infected websites.
Information security
fromWIRED
2 weeks agoHundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
A sophisticated iPhone hacking technique called DarkSword enables attackers to silently compromise iOS devices through infected websites, affecting hundreds of millions of users running older iOS versions.
fromComputerworld
2 months agoApple touts 'unparalleled' protection for M5 Macs
Among other additions, it features new topic sections concerning quantum security, single sign-on (SSO), and satellite communications: Quantum Security: Another VGT, Apple deployed postquantum cryptographic protection (PQ3) in iMessage in iOS 17.4 and macOS 14.4. This protection against future quantum-based attacks has now been extended in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, and watchOS 26, including the introduction of CryptoKit, which developers can use to help protect the software they offer on the platforms.
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