Brave is playing down fears after the revelation of what looked like a whitelist in its code allowing it to communicate with Facebook.
Facebook defends gun-law loophole firm as “political advertisers”
Concealed Online, the third biggest “political advertiser” on Facebook, touts the Virginia loophole, granting concealed weapons permits.
Crypto mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest of them all?
Can scientists out-perform sports stars, musicians and politicians in recognition and influence? You bet they can!
McDonalds app users hatin’ it after being hacked by hungry hamburglars
At least two users of the McDonalds mobile app aren’t lovin’ it after thieves hijacked their accounts and ordered hundreds of dollars of food for themselves.
Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring
They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment, allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader.
What comes after air gaps? DARPA asks world for ideas
According to DARPA, air gapping computers and data is a security idea that has run its course and urgently needs to be replaced.
Get-rich-quick social media scams are turning teens into money mules
Young people are being talked into handing over their bank details with the promise of some easy cash.
Android vulnerabilities open Pie to booby-trapped image attacks
A trio of bugs could have opened Android 7, 8 and 9 to remote attackers wielding booby-trapped image files. Here’s what you need to know…
iPhone apps record your screen sessions without asking
Absent from privacy policies, the tracking came to light after a breach with Air Canada’s mobile app, then password slurping from Mixpanel.
Child abuse imagery found in cryptocurrency blockchain
For the second time in a year, illegal child abuse images have been spotted inside a blockchain. According to a post by web blockchain payments system Money Button, on 30 January its service was abused to place “illegal content” inside the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) ledger, a recent cryptocurrency hard fork from Bitcoin Cash [BCH]. […]