During the 2018 midterm elections U.S. Cyber Command blocked internet access to Russians seeking to interfere.
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3 Security Flaws in 4G, 5G That Could Affect iPhones
Three security flaws found in 4G and 5G networks could be used to intercept phone calls and track peoples’ location.
WinRAR Fixes 14-Year-Old Bug
WinRAR, a file compression app on Windows, recently patched a bug that was there for fourteen years due to an old DLL library.
What Happens When U.S. Personnel Serve a Foreign Intelligence Agency?
Remember that story about the iPhone hacking tool called Karma? Lawfare published a good piece detailing the consequences of U.S. spies working for a foreign intelligence agency.
Along the way, the Americans came to appreciate that their efforts at times did indeed include surveillance of political opponents of UAE authorities, and further that the UAE service at times targeted Americans despite assurances that this would not occur (or at least that the operations Project Raven in particular conducted or supported would not be directed at Americans).
That’s probably the biggest point of the story. Americans spying on Americans on behalf of another country.
Facebook Developer Violations, iPhone Hacking in the UAE– TMO Daily Observations 2019-01-31
Host Kelly Guimont talks to Andrew Orr and Bryan Chaffin about Apple updating Facebook’s frenemy status and iPhone hacking in the UAE.
How Former U.S. Hackers Broke Into iPhones For UAE
A team of former U.S. hackers broke into iPhones for the United Arab Emirates. They used a spying tool called ‘Karma.’
Karma was used by an offensive cyber operations unit in Abu Dhabi comprised of Emirati security officials and former American intelligence operatives working as contractors for the UAE’s intelligence services. The existence of Karma and of the hacking unit, code named Project Raven, haven’t been previously reported.
Sounds like a powerful tool. They could remotely break into iPhones just by uploading phone numbers or email accounts into an automated system. It didn’t work on Android phones.
Zerodium Offers $2 Million for Remote iOS Exploits
Founded in 2015, Zerodium is a information security company specializing in buying and selling zero day exploits. It’s offering US$2 million for remote iOS exploits.
EU Does not Have a Coordinated Plan to Fight Election Hacking
LONDON – The EU does not have an overall plan to deal with hackers seeking to disrupt its election in May 2019. According to a feature in Wired, each of the 27 states who will be in the EU when the election takes place is expected to secure the vote in their own country. Consequently, smaller member states could be left vulnerable, and cyber-attacks or disinformation could have a serious effect on the election results.
If a tiny member state is left it to go alone against Russia’s state-backed hacking teams and disinformation brigades, the calculus of the European Parliament could be engineered by a third-party state to tilt in its favor. The stakes are huge, and some say the EU hasn’t faced up to the enormity of the issue.
Elcomsoft Can Now Extract Your iPhone Health Data
Phone Breaker breaks into iPhones to extract the data, encrypted or not. And now it has the capability to extract iPhone health data.
Quora Data Breach: 100 Million Users Affected
In a blog post the company announced that it discovered the breach on Friday. Here is the information that was compromised.
Bloomberg Not Giving Up on Hardware Hack Story
Bloomberg‘s Ben Elgin has been asking companies for further comments.
iPhone Spyware Used to Attack Saudi Dissidents
The Saudi regime is known for attacking Saudi dissidents, and iPhone spyware could have helped them do so with the help of NSO Group.
Malware Mouse Clicks Let Hackers Take Over macOS
MacOS gives you the option to Allow or Deny a program’s access to certain features. But what if malware clicked the Allow button itself?
Google Bug Hunter Wants Apple to Donate Unpaid Bug Bounty Money
He says that Apple works to patch iOS bugs, but doesn’t work to fix the underlying issues that contribute to these bugs
People Can Buy Apple Hacking Tools on the Dark Web
In an email they sent to me, they shared that some of the hacking tools are very cheap, going for US$2 or less each.
MDM Hack Targeted 13 iPhones With Malicious Apps
Cisco’s Talos Intelligence Group discovered the MDM hack.
Apple Confirms iOS Security Feature to Block Devices Like GrayKey
But Motherboard reports that Grayshift is confident that its device is future-proof.
A Texas Woman was Stalked in a Car Chase, and iPhone Settings may be the Reason
It all started when Becca Wilcox stopped at a convenience store in San Angelo on her journey.
Company Cellebrite Makes a Scary Claim Regarding Unlocking iPhones
The ability to unlock any iPhone model is significant, and the cost of unlocking an iPhone can be pretty cheap.
Face ID Tracking Emotions is Real, Thanks to Loki
The facial data is put through a neural network trained to map facial data to emotions.
iPhone User's Health Data Being Used in Murder Investigation
Authorities searched through the Health app and were able to find activity data that correlate to the murder.
Face ID Hack Created Again by Vietnamese Team With $200 Mask
The team didn’t show the Face ID enrollment process, or how long it took to unlock the iPhone X with the mask at the last test. But with this latest proof-of-concept, they’ve answered these questions.
Everything You Need to Know about the Apple Secure Enclave Hack
The Secure Enclave is isolated from the rest of the system. It’s like having a house where the windows are blacked out. The decryption means that now we can look through the windows, but we still can’t get in.
Apple's Developer Problem in China, Hacking Computers with DNA - TMO Daily Observations 2017-08-11
Dave Hamilton and Bryan Chaffin join Jeff Gamet to share their thoughts on developers in China complaining about Apple’s business practices, plus they discuss the ramifications of computer hacks embedded in DNA.