Apple takes down Trend Micro Mac apps that collected, stored user data
Apple takes down Trend Micro Mac apps that collected, stored user data 24 hours of users' browsing data was unknowingly sent to Trend Micro's servers. Apple removed several anti-malware apps from its Mac App Store after the apps were found to export users' browser histories. All of the apps in question are made by the cyber-security company Trend Micro, which initially denied the allegations but h
FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infecting 500k devices
FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infecting 500k devices Feds take aim at potent VPNFilter malware allegedly unleashed by Russia. The FBI is advising users of consumer-grade routers and network-attached storage devices to reboot them as soon as possible to counter Russian-engineered malware that has infected hundreds of thousands devices. Researchers from Cisco’s Talos security
How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS
How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS Using Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1, other DNS services still require some command-line know-how. Encrypting DNS traffic between your device and a "privacy-focused" provider can keep someone from spying on where your browser is pointed or using DNS attacks to send you somewhere else. Credit: Westend61 / Getty Images Encrypting DNS t
A “tamper-proof” currency wallet just got backdoored by a 15-year-old
A “tamper-proof” currency wallet just got backdoored by a 15-year-old Backdoor allows attacker to recover private keys stored on Ledger hardware wallets. For years, executives at France-based Ledger have boasted their specialized hardware for storing cryptocurrencies is so securely designed that resellers or others in the supply chain can't tamper with the devices without it being painfully obviou
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained [Updated]
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained [Updated] Trump operatives got private data from 50 million Facebook users. Update: Cambridge Analytica has suspended CEO Alexander Nix. In addition to controversy over unauthorized access to private Facebook data, Nix is also facing a scandal over comments captured by hidden cameras. In those videos, Nix boasts about using dirty tricks—including s
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A raft of flaws in AMD chips makes bad hacks much, much worse
A raft of flaws in AMD chips makes bad hacks much, much worse AMD says its Secure Processor is impenetrable. Instead, it can harbor malware. Secure enclaves like the one found in iPhones are intended to be impenetrable fortresses that handle tasks too sensitive for the main CPUs they work with. AMD's version of that co-processor contains a raft of critical flaws that attackers could exploit to run
Bitcoin’s transaction fee crisis is over—for now
El Salvador now says both US dollars and bitcoin are legal tender. Credit: Thomas Trutschel / Getty Images News The median daily transaction fee on the bitcoin network fell to $0.79 on Sunday, a six-month low. That represents a dramatic 97-percent decline from the peak of $34 reached on December 23. The median daily bitcoin transaction fee was more than $10 from mid-December until mid-January but
RIP net neutrality: FCC chair releases plan to deregulate ISPs
RIP net neutrality: FCC chair releases plan to deregulate ISPs Vote to eliminate Title II net neutrality rules scheduled for December 14. The Federal Communications Commission today announced its plan to deregulate the broadband industry and eliminate net neutrality rules, setting up a December 14 vote to finalize the repeal. As expected, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is proposing to reverse the commissio
Worker who snuck NSA malware home had his PC backdoored, Kaspersky says
Worker who snuck NSA malware home had his PC backdoored, Kaspersky says Kaspersky presses its case it didn't knowingly help Russia steal NSA secrets. A National Security Agency worker who reportedly sneaked classified materials out of the agency stored them on a home computer that was later infected by a malicious backdoor that allowed third parties to remotely access the machine, officials with M
Serious flaw in WPA2 protocol lets attackers intercept passwords and much more
Researchers have disclosed a serious weakness in the WPA2 protocol that allows attackers within range of vulnerable device or access point to intercept passwords, e-mails, and other data presumed to be encrypted, and in some cases, to inject ransomware or other malicious content into a website a client is visiting. The proof-of-concept exploit is called KRACK, short for Key Reinstallation Attacks.
Every Yahoo account that existed—all 3 billion—was compromised in 2013 hack
Yahoo said a major security breach in 2013 compromised all three billion accounts the company maintained, a three-fold increase over the estimate it disclosed previously. The revelation, contained in an updated page about the 2013 hack, is the result of new information and the forensic analysis of an unnamed security consultant. Previously, Yahoo officials said about one billion accounts were comp
Equifax moves to fix weak PINs for “security freeze” on consumer credit reports
Equifax's site for enrolling in credit report security has gotten off to a bumpy start after the company's massive breach. Equifax's site for enrolling in credit report security has gotten off to a bumpy start after the company's massive breach. As Equifax moved to provide consumers the ability to protect their credit reports on the heels of a major data breach, some of the details of the company'
Equifax website hack exposes data for ~143 million US consumers
Equifax, a provider of consumer credit reports, said it experienced a data breach affecting as many as 143 million US people after criminals exploited a vulnerability on its website. The US population is about 324 million people, so that's about 44 percent of its population. The data exposed in the hack includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and, in some cases, driver lic
Suspected sextortionist hiding behind Tor is outed by booby-trapped video
The FBI used a booby-trapped video to identify a California man who allegedly used the Tor network to anonymously extort sexually explicit material from minors online. Buster Hernandez, 26, of Bakersfield, California, allegedly ran his sextortion campaign since at least 2012. It came to the attention of the FBI in late 2015 when the suspect allegedly used Facebook to contact a girl in Indiana. Usi
AlphaBay taken down by law enforcement across 3 countries, WSJ says
AlphaBay, one of the largest Tor-hidden drug websites that sprang up in the wake of Silk Road, has been shuttered for good after a series of law enforcement raids and arrests. The site mysteriously went dark earlier this month. Some users on Reddit suspected an "exit scam," in which AlphaBay's founders had shuttered the site and absconded with piles of bitcoins. According to The Wall Street Journa
Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years
Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allow the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor and manipulate incoming and outgoing traffic and infect connected devices. That's according to secret documents posted Thursday by WikiLeaks. CherryBlossom, as the implant is code-named, can be especially effective against targets
Win XP patched to avert new outbreaks spawned by NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers
On Tuesday, Microsoft took the highly unusual step of issuing security patches for XP and other unsupported versions of Windows. The company did this in a bid to protect the OSes against a series of "destructive" exploits developed by, and later stolen from, the National Security Agency. By Ars' count, Tuesday is only the third time in Microsoft history that the company has issued free security up
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Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio [Updated]
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