Ars Technica The South African Revenue Service ran into a big problem this month: Adobe Flash stopped working on January 12, 2021, and the agency (still) hadn’t migrated all of its e-filing forms from Flash …
Flash is dead—but South Africa didn’t get the memo Read More »
Ars Technica Network security provider SonicWall said on Monday that hackers are exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in one of the devices it sells. The security flaw resides in the Secure Mobile Access 100 series, …
Hackers are exploiting a critical zero-day in devices from SonicWall Read More »
Ars Technica One of the Trump administration’s last acts in mid-January was to declare Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi a “Communist Chinese military company.” The ruling from the Department of Defense (which is different from the Department …
Xiaomi denies ties to China’s military, calls US ruling “unconstitutional” Read More »
Ars Technica The latest app to catch an illogical ban from the Google Play Store is Element, an open-source, end-to-end encrypted messaging client for the federated Matrix chat protocol. Google banned Element late Friday night, …
Google Play bans open-source Matrix client Element, citing “abusive content” Read More »
Ars Technica A home security technician has admitted he repeatedly broke into cameras he installed and viewed customers engaging in sex and other intimate acts. Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year-old former employee of home and small …
Home alarm tech backdoored security cameras to spy on customers having sex Read More »
Ars Technica Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, have increasingly called for backdoors in the encryption schemes that protect your data, arguing that national security is at stake. …
How law enforcement gets around your smartphone’s encryption Read More »
Ars Technica Google researchers have detailed a sophisticated hacking operation that exploited vulnerabilities in Chrome and Windows to install malware on Android and Windows devices. Some of the exploits were zero-days, meaning they targeted vulnerabilities …
Hackers used 4 zero-days to infect Windows and Android devices Read More »
Ars Technica If you’re using an Android device—or in some cases an iPhone—the Telegram messenger app makes it easy for hackers to find your precise location when you enable a feature that allows users who …
Telegram feature exposes your precise address to hackers Read More »
Ars Technica About 18,000 organizations around the world downloaded network management tools that contained a backdoor that a nation state used to install malware that stole sensitive data, the tools provider, SolarWinds, said on Monday. …
~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers Read More »
Ars Technica Firewalls aren’t just for corporate networks. Large numbers of security- or privacy-conscious people also use them to filter or redirect traffic flowing in and out of their computers. Apple recently made a major …
Apple lets some Big Sur network traffic bypass firewalls Read More »
Ars Technica Over the past few years, online disinformation has taken evolutionary leaps forward, with the Internet Research Agency pumping out artificial outrage on social media and hackers leaking documents—both real and fabricated—to suit their …
Hackers broke into real news sites to plant fake stories Read More »