Feb 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Espionage Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors have been observed targeting individuals of interest via the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to gain unauthorized access to their accounts. "The most novel and widely used technique underpinning Russian-aligned attempts to compromise Signal accounts is the abuse of the … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Signal’s Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes
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Android’s New Feature Blocks Fraudsters from Sideloading Apps During Calls
Feb 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Technology Google is working on a new security feature for Android that blocks device owners from changing sensitive settings when a phone call is in progress. Specifically, the in-call anti-scammer protections include preventing users from turning on settings to install apps from unknown sources and granting accessibility access. … [Read more...] about Android’s New Feature Blocks Fraudsters from Sideloading Apps During Calls
Microsoft Revamps Controversial AI-Powered Recall Feature Amid Privacy Concerns
Jun 08, 2024NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Privacy Microsoft on Friday said it will disable its much-criticized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature by default and make it an opt-in. Recall, currently in preview and coming exclusively to Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, functions as an "explorable visual timeline" by capturing screenshots of what appears on … [Read more...] about Microsoft Revamps Controversial AI-Powered Recall Feature Amid Privacy Concerns
Elastic Observability 8.14: New feature for SLO, AI Assistant, and .NET for Universal Profiling
Elastic Observability 8.14 announces the general availability (GA) of key Service Level Objective (SLO) management capabilities, additional enhancements to the Elastic AI Assistant for Observability, alerting improvements, and Universal Profiling for .NET.Enhanced SLO management capabilities:Federated SLOs — View all of your SLOs across cross-cluster search (CCS), which allows … [Read more...] about Elastic Observability 8.14: New feature for SLO, AI Assistant, and .NET for Universal Profiling
New Logz.io Platform Feature: The Home Dashboard
Managing observability data can feel like a juggling act. Modern cloud applications generate vast amounts of data, and quickly accessing the most important data is a fundamental step toward quickly gaining unobstructed visibility into your infrastructure and applications. Yet, when data volumes grow, complexity follows. Many observability users find it overwhelming to assess … [Read more...] about New Logz.io Platform Feature: The Home Dashboard
Google Authenticator App Gets Cloud Backup Feature for TOTP Codes
Apr 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananPassword Security / Authentication Search giant Google on Monday unveiled a major update to its 12-year-old Authenticator app for Android and iOS with an account synchronization option that allows users to back up their time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs) to the cloud. "This change means users are better protected from lockout and that services … [Read more...] about Google Authenticator App Gets Cloud Backup Feature for TOTP Codes
Samsung Introduces New Feature to Protect Users from Zero-Click Malware Attacks
Feb 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Zero Day Samsung has announced a new feature called Message Guard that comes with safeguards to protect users from malware and spyware via what's referred to as zero-click attacks. The South Korean chaebol said the solution "preemptively" secures users' devices by "limiting exposure to invisible threats disguised as image … [Read more...] about Samsung Introduces New Feature to Protect Users from Zero-Click Malware Attacks
Feature phones can be dangerous, too
A recent review of five entry-level mobile phones retailing for about $10–$20 examined their security in detail. Commonly referred to as “feature phones” or “granny phones” — and often procured for elderly relatives either unwilling or unable to get used to smartphones — such phones can also be “just in case” spares. Some people also believe they are safer than Android-powered … [Read more...] about Feature phones can be dangerous, too
Bug in Apple’s Find My Feature Could’ve Exposed Users’ Location Histories
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed two distinct design and implementation flaws in Apple's crowdsourced Bluetooth location tracking system that can lead to a location correlation attack and unauthorized access to the location history of the past seven days, thereby by deanonymizing users. The findings are a consequence of an exhaustive review undertaken by the Open … [Read more...] about Bug in Apple’s Find My Feature Could’ve Exposed Users’ Location Histories
Google uncovers new iOS security feature Apple quietly added after zero-day attacks
Google Project Zero on Thursday disclosed details of a new security mechanism that Apple quietly added to iOS 14 as a countermeasure to prevent attacks that were recently found to leverage zero-days in its messaging app. Dubbed "BlastDoor," the improved sandbox system for iMessage data was disclosed by Samuel Groß, a security researcher with Project Zero, a team of security … [Read more...] about Google uncovers new iOS security feature Apple quietly added after zero-day attacks