Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Following on from our discussion of 2FA bypasses by tricking people into giving up their one-time-passwords, Vice did a detailed article describing one of the new 2FA-bypass-as-a-service cybercrime offerings: The Booming Underground Market for […]
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Security Bits — 29 October 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🎦 As I suspected last time, there was much more to the UK Ring doorbell case than simply “Ring doorbells are illegal in the UK”. Thanks to listener John for sending on this excellent […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 17 October 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Another example of 2FA-bypass attacks in use in the wild: How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords – Krebs on Security — krebsonsecurity.com/… 🇪🇺 Pegasus Project: European Parliament awards journalism prize to investigation of use […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 1 October 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇫🇷 Pegasus spyware found on 5 French cabinet members’ phones — www.intego.com/… Social Media Developments: Facebook pauses Instagram Kids development following widespread concerns — www.imore.com/… YouTube Is Banning Prominent Anti-Vaccine Activists and Blocking All […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits by Bart Busschots – 05 September 2021
Bart had Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show on the August episode of Let’s Talk Apple this week to have an extended discussion of Apple’s proposed child protection features. It’s a great discussion with someone who has been described (by a good friend) as being “pathologically unbiased.” You can find this episode of […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits by Bart Busschots — 22 August 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Apple’s Child Protection Features New Information: Apple publishes Child Safety FAQ to address CSAM scanning concerns and more — www.imore.com/… Apple shares a security threat review for its new CSAM detection feature — www.imore.com/… […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 8 August 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Pegasus/NSO Group: Apple may have patched flaw used by Pegasus in iOS 14.7.1 — www.imore.com/… Pegasus spyware maker investigating misuse, halts access for several governments — www.imore.com/… Backup Tool ‘iMazing’ Updated to Detect Pegasus […]
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How I Fell in Love With AirPlay 2 with Sonos – by Bart Busschots
Since moving into my new house in January I’ve gone all-in on AirPlay 2 devices. This screenshot probably makes my point — and bear in mind it’s missing our second AppleTV which is off-line today in preparation for some furniture re-arrangement! How did I get here? What was I doing in the old house? But […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 24 July 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The PrintNightmare story continues to evolve with yet another privilege escalation bug being found in the print spooler — it’s now more important than ever to follow Microsoft’s advice and stop and disable the […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 11 July 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The Western Digital story from last time has continued to evolve: More devices are affected: Another 0-Day Looms for Many Western Digital Users – Krebs on Security — krebsonsecurity.com/… But there have also been […]
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