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ToTok Is an Emirati Spying Tool

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apple, eavesdropping, google, malware, phones, privacy, Security technology, smartphones, spyware, surveillance, unitedarabemirates

The smartphone messaging app ToTok is actually an Emirati spying tool: But the service, ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to American officials familiar with a classified intelligence assessment and a New York Times investigation into the app and its developers. It is used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to try … Read More “ToTok Is an Emirati Spying Tool” »

Fooling Voice Assistants with Lasers

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amazon, apple, authentication, google, hacking, Security technology

Interesting: Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are vulnerable to attacks that use lasers to inject inaudible­ — and sometimes invisible­ — commands into the devices and surreptitiously cause them to unlock doors, visit websites, and locate, unlock, and start vehicles, researchers report in a research paper published on Monday. Dubbed Light Commands, the attack works … Read More “Fooling Voice Assistants with Lasers” »

Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs

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android, apple, hacking, iphone, malware, Security technology, smartphones, windows, zeroday

China is being blamed for a massive surveillance operation that targeted Uyghur Muslims. This story broke in waves, the first wave being about the iPhone. Earlier this year, Google’s Project Zero found a series of websites that have been using zero-day vulnerabilities to indiscriminately install malware on iPhones that would visit the site. (The vulnerabilities … Read More “Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs” »

Bypassing Apple FaceID’s Liveness Detection Feature

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apple, biometrics, hacking, identification, Security technology

Apple’s FaceID has a liveness detection feature, which prevents someone from unlocking a victim’s phone by putting it in front of his face while he’s sleeping. That feature has been hacked: Researchers on Wednesday during Black Hat USA 2019 demonstrated an attack that allowed them to bypass a victim’s FaceID and log into their phone … Read More “Bypassing Apple FaceID’s Liveness Detection Feature” »

iPhone Apps Surreptitiously Communicated with Unknown Servers

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apple, datacollection, iphone, privacy, Security technology

Long news article (alternate source) on iPhone privacy, specifically the enormous amount of data your apps are collecting without your knowledge. A lot of this happens in the middle of the night, when you’re probably not otherwise using your phone: IPhone apps I discovered tracking me by passing information to third parties ­ just while … Read More “iPhone Apps Surreptitiously Communicated with Unknown Servers” »

How Apple’s “Find My” Feature Works

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apple, cryptography, iphone, privacy, scams, Security technology, tracking, wifi

Matthew Green intelligently speculates about how Apple’s new “Find My” feature works. If you haven’t already been inspired by the description above, let me phrase the question you ought to be asking: how is this system going to avoid being a massive privacy nightmare? Let me count the concerns: If your device is constantly emitting … Read More “How Apple’s “Find My” Feature Works” »

Fingerprinting iPhones

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academicpapers, apple, cellphones, identification, iphone, phones, Security technology, sensors

This clever attack allows someone to uniquely identify a phone when you visit a website, based on data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer sensors. We have developed a new type of fingerprinting attack, the calibration fingerprinting attack. Our attack uses data gathered from the accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer sensors found in smartphones to construct … Read More “Fingerprinting iPhones” »

iPhone FaceTime Vulnerability

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apple, eavesdropping, iphone, Security technology, vulnerabilities

This is kind of a crazy iPhone vulnerability: it’s possible to call someone on FaceTime and listen on their microphone — and see from their camera — before they accept the call. This is definitely an embarrassment, and Apple was right to disable Group FaceTime until it’s fixed. But it’s hard to imagine how an … Read More “iPhone FaceTime Vulnerability” »