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iOS 12 Disables USB Access By Default If A Device Has Been Locked For An Hour, Here’s Why

Oliver Haslam·June 6, 2018

Apple continues its fight to make iPhones and iPads as secure as possible by adding a new feature to the upcoming iOS 12, which will potentially thwart the use of brute force hacking tools like the GrayKey box that is known to be a favorite of law enforcement.

FBI Wants Everyone To Reboot Their WiFi Routers / Modems ASAP, Here’s Why

Oliver Haslam·May 28, 2018

FBI wants everyone to reboot their WiFi routers and modems right now or ASAP, and has explained why. Read all about it here.

YubiKey NEO NFC Key Can Now Be Used To Log Into iPhone Apps

Oliver Haslam·May 23, 2018

Variant 4 Is A Spectre-Like Vulnerability In CPUs A Patch For Which Will Take Further Performance Hit On Devices

Oliver Haslam·May 22, 2018

Intel, Google and Microsoft has disclosed a new Spectre-like vulnerability in CPUs called Variant 4. Here's what you need to know about it.

Thousands Of Apple ID Passwords Leaked Online By TeenSafe Mobile App

Oliver Haslam·May 21, 2018

Popular smartphone monitoring app for parents TeenSafe leaks thousands of Apple ID passwords. Here are the details.

How To Check For And Remove mshelper Malware From Your Mac

Paul Morris·May 18, 2018

Pangu Team Is Back (Sort Of), Announces ‘Janus’ Mobile Threat Intelligence Platform

Paul Morris·May 16, 2018

Pangu Team is back! Announces Janus mobile threat intelligence platform. Here are the details known about it so far.

Someone Has Figured Out How To Bypass 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication)

Oliver Haslam·May 11, 2018

A new exploit now allows hackers to spoof two-factor authentication requests by sending users to fake login pages and subsequently stealing their username, password, and session cookie.

iOS 11.4 Will Prevent Access Via Lightning Port After 7 Days Of Inactivity To Combat USB Cracking Devices

Oliver Haslam·May 9, 2018

If You Haven’t Already, Change Your Twitter Password Right Now, Here’s Why

Oliver Haslam·May 4, 2018

If you're a Twitter user - and over 330 million of you are - then you're going to need to change your password and, importantly, the password of any service which happens to use the same password.

Pentagon Bans Huawei And ZTE Phone Sales At US Military Bases

Oliver Haslam·May 4, 2018

More bad news for both Huawei and ZTE today with the revelation that The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US military bases to cease sales of smartphone built by the pair.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 Security Update 2018-001 Released

Oliver Haslam·April 25, 2018

This $15,000 Device Can Hack Into A Locked iPhone Via Its Lightning Port

Oliver Haslam·April 21, 2018

The latest device purposefully built to gain access to an iPhone is Grayshift's GrayKey, which can hack its way into any iPhone, so long as it has a Lightning port. Here are the details.