Security News
Google, record labels working on deal covering musical “deepfakes”
Prepare for more cover songs like Johnny Cash singing Barbie Girl.
Ars Technica
9 Aug 2023 2884 Views
Malicious extensions can abuse VS Code flaw to steal auth tokens
Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor and development environment contains a flaw that allows malicious extensions to retrieve authentication tokens stored in Windows, Linux, and macOS credential managers. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
9 Aug 2023 3160 Views
Alarm raised over Mozilla VPN: Wonky authorization check lets users cause havoc
SUSE security engineer goes public on unfixed client hole after disclosure drama
Updated A security engineer at Linux distro maker SUSE has published an advisory for a flaw in the Mozilla VPN client for Linux that has yet to be addressed in a publicly released fix because the...
The Register
8 Aug 2023 1538 Views
Google Play apps with 2.5M installs load ads when screen's off
The Google Play store was infiltrated by 43 Android applications with 2.5 million installs that secretly displayed advertisements while a phone's screen was off, running down a device's battery. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
7 Aug 2023 961 Views
Tesla infotainment jailbreak unlocks paid features, extracts secrets
Researchers from the Technical University of Berlin have developed a method to hack the AMD-based infotainment systems used in all recent Tesla car models and make it run any software they choose, aka achieve 'jailbreak.' [...]
Bleepingcomputer
6 Aug 2023 725 Views
What are “drainer smart contracts” and why is the FBI warning of them?
The FBI is advising potential NFT buyers to be on the lookout for malicious websites that use “drainer smart contracts” to surreptitiously loot cryptocurrency wallets. [...]
Ars Technica
5 Aug 2023 834 Views
Google makes it easier to remove your info, explicit images from search
Google will soon make it easier to remove your personally identifiable information and explicit images from search results right from Google Search or the Google app. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
4 Aug 2023 985 Views
iPhone sales are down, but Apple’s subscriptions are growing fast
Services and wearables were bright spots in an otherwise relatively slow quarter.
Ars Technica
4 Aug 2023 2045 Views
Microsoft shares fix for Outlook asking to reopen closed windows
Microsoft is investigating an issue causing Outlook Desktop to unexpectedly ask users to restore windows closed during a previous session. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
4 Aug 2023 1184 Views
Hackers exploited Salesforce zero-day in Facebook phishing attack
Hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce's email services and SMTP servers to launch a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting valuable Facebook accounts.
Bleepingcomputer
3 Aug 2023 1073 Views
