A white-hat hacker found a way to get into the French government's newly launched, secure encrypted messaging app that otherwise can only be accessed by officials and politicians with email accounts associated with the government identities.Dubbed "Tchap," the end-to-end encrypted, open source messaging app has been created by the French government with an aim to keep their … [Read more...] about Hacker Breaks Into French Government’s New Secure Messaging App
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Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext
Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" passwords of its Instagram users as well.Now it appears that the incident is far worse than first reported. Facebook today quietly updated its March press release, adding that the actual number of … [Read more...] about Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext
Your iPhone Can Be Hacked With a Malicious Charger
Security researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology are presenting a method of injecting arbitrary software into the iPhone using a malicious charger at Black Hat USA 2013. The team says that the results of its research are alarming. "Despite the plethora of defense mechanisms in iOS, we successfully injected arbitrary software into current-generation Apple devices … [Read more...] about Your iPhone Can Be Hacked With a Malicious Charger