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Previously, SIM swappers relied on social engineering or worked with insiders at mobile carrier services to help them port a target’s number. However, as companies implemented more protections to thwart these takeovers, cybercriminals turned their […]
An interesting new attack on biometric security has been outlined by a group of researchers from China and the US. PrintListener: Uncovering the Vulnerability of Fingerprint Authentication via the Finger Friction Sound [PDF] proposes a […]
I just finished listening to the analysis by Steve Gibson in Security Now episode 955, and it is very interesting. No surprises actually at all, but it does put things more in perspective and out […]
Listening to Steve Gibson’s feedback today on the Security Now podcast #934 made me realise that both companies knew about the vulnerabilities but were extremely lax about doing anything (probably both trusting in their security […]
Hiding malicious programs in a computer’s UEFI firmware, the deep-seated code that tells a PC how to load its operating system, has become an insidious trick in the toolkit of stealthy hackers. But when a […]
Researchers have devised a low-cost smartphone attack that cracks the authentication fingerprint used to unlock the screen and perform other sensitive actions on a range of Android devices in as little as 45 minutes. Dubbed […]
The WiFi Coconut is just a very powerful router. Where most routers make do with two to six antennas, the Coconut has 14, one for each channel in the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi spectrum. That lets the […]
This is a very interesting site for those wanting tips about how to protect yourself online, when using e-mail, a phone, your car, crypto, doorbells, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, public Wi-Fi, VPN’s, etc. Yes, it is […]