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Amazon Acquire Doorbell Firm ‘Ring’ For Over $1BN
Amazon Acquire Ring There seem to be very few parts of our life which are not, or cannot, have a technological implementation. Be it central heating, lighting or security, practically everything can be done from your smartphone these days with the right products in place. One such product which has…
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Dutch Developer Built Backdoors into Thousands of Sites
A Dutch web developer was found to have built backdoors into thousands of sites he built, which he then used to steal user credentials for fraudulent means, including online shopping and gambling, according to Dutch police. The unnamed 35-year-old man from Leeuwarden in The Netherlands used these details to open…
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WhatsApp Built Backdoor into its Encryption
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app, features a security backdoor that allows the company to intercept and decrypt private messages sent through the platform, in flagrant contradiction of its previous stance that it employed end-to-end encryption. While WhatsApp uses encryption developed by Open Whisper Systems, the company behind end-to-end encryption…
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UK Surveillance Law Requires Encryption Backdoors
As if the new Investigatory Powers Act – nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter for its egregious mass surveillance of every UK resident – wasn’t scary enough, it has now emerged that the law requires ISPs, telecom providers, and other communications services to build backdoors into any new encryption services. The latest…
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Microsoft Leaked Their Firmware’s Backdoor Key
Remember when Apple was fighting with the FBI and the question about a universal backdoor was put forward to everyone? Now it would seem that Microsoft has proved everyone right by accidentally opening up theirs to everyone when they released their firmware’s backdoor key by accident. The key is used…
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Macs Latest Malware Reveals All
Computers are lovely things, reuniting people from all over the world and letting you find the world’s information at the press of a button. The problem with computers is that with them being connected comes a risk and it looks like someone has taken the risk to a whole new…
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Pre-Loaded Lenovo Software Leaves PCs Vulnerable to Attack
Lenovo has revealed that a vast number of its PCs that have Accelerator Application pre-installed are vulnerable to attack and has advised owners to uninstall the software immediately. Affected systems – which include the Yoga range of Lenovo computers, but not its ThinkPad or ThinkStation PCs – can be exploited…
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US Congress Bill Plans to Make Effective Encryption Illegal
In the wake of the FBI’s feud with Apple over bypassing the encryption of San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone, the US Congress is proposing a new bill that aims to outlaw effective encryption, what is termed “technical assistance”, requiring any company or entity to build in backdoors…
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Over Half of Americans Think Apple Should Comply with FBI
Despite Apple’s firm stance against the FBI’s recent requests to unlock a criminal’s iPhone having won them the support of many who believe in digital privacy, a recently published Pew survey reports that the majority of the US public is not on their side. In a phone survey over the…
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Bill Gates Thinks Apple Should Unlock Their iPhone
Apple is currently involved in a heated legal battle with the FBI. The FBI want access to an iPhone, but Apple refused to unlock the phone over concerns that bypassing their own security measures would set a dangerous precedent for information security. Some big names have stepped into the ring,…
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Tim Cook Urges Apple Employees to Stand Firm Against FBI in Leaked E-Mail
Following Apple’s refusal to bypass the decryption of its iPhones in order to comply with a legal mandate on behalf of the FBI, the company’s CEO Tim Cook has sent an internal e-mail to Apple Employees in the US explaining its defiant position and calling for unity. The FBI took…
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Apple To Fight Government On Creating iPhone Backdoor
We reported earlier that Apple had been ordered to not unlock a phone, something they have constantly stated they could not do, but instead create the means for the government to access it. It would seem Apple were as happy to hear about this as we were and are looking…
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GCHQ-Developed Encryption System Has Built-In Backdoor
A security researcher has discovered that a telephone encryption system developed by UK intelligence agency GCHQ contains a backdoor that can be exploited by anyone who has its master key. Steven J. Murdoch, a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Information Security Research Group of University College, found that…
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D-Link Wi-Fi Webcam Turned into a Network Backdoor
Vectra Networks researchers today released an article demonstrating how they turned a $30 D-Link Wi-Fi webcam into a backdoor onto its owner’s network. Installing a device like a networked webcam may seem like a riskless action, but when the device can allow hackers to access the same network it becomes…
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Juniper Still Hasn’t Removed Backdoor Vulnerability from Its Software
Last month, Juniper Networks – a company that supplies security software to the likes of AT&T, Verizon, NATO, and the US Government – reported that it had found what it described as “unauthorised code” – effectively a backdoor – in its NetScreen firewall software, through which it was possible for…
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