Day: January 30, 2020

Bezos, WhatsApp Cyberattacks Show Growing Mobile Sophistication

The recently disclosed Jeff Bezos phone hack and other incidents show that mobile devices are being increasingly targeted by sophisticated nation-state attackers. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Cisco Patches Two High-Severity Bugs in its Small Business Switch Lineup

Vulnerabilities allow unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive device information and launch denial of service attacks. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Steam is down, it’s not just you – CNET

At least there’s not a big sale going on this time around. …read more Source:: CNet


Wild shooting star seen over California ‘wasn’t a natural fireball’ – CNET

“Never saw anything like this in my life. Crazy,” said one eyewitness. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple Wants To Standardize the Format of SMS OTPs (One-Time Passcodes)

Apple engineers have put forward a proposal today to standardize the format of the SMS messages containing one-time passcodes (OTP) that users receive during the two-factor authentication (2FA) login process. From a report: The proposal comes from Apple engineers working on WebKit, the core component of the Safari web browser. The proposal has two goals….


Apple Removed 805 Apps in China From 2018 To 2019

Over the course of a year, Apple took down 805 apps in mainland China by its own account. From a report: In Apple’s latest transparency report accounting for the first half of 2019, the iPhone maker said it removed 288 apps from China’s iOS App Store for both legal and policy violations. The Apple Transparency…


Enterprise Hardware Still Vulnerable to Memory Lane Attacks

Most laptops, workstations, and servers are still vulnerable to physical attacks via direct memory access, despite mitigations often being available, report says. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Best big game 2020 TV deals: Save up to $400 on LG, Samsung, TCL and Vizio – CNET

That football game on Feb. 2 between the Chiefs and 49ers could be your last chance to save on some of the best TVs around. …read more Source:: CNet


Galaxy Z Flip leaks and rumors: $1,400 price, foldable glass screen, no 5G for Samsung’s post-Galaxy Fold phone – CNET

Samsung’s first foldable flip phone could turn out to be quite the Motorola Razr rival. Here’s everything we know. …read more Source:: CNet


Shopify goes all in on React Native for mobile development 3 years after Airbnb dropped it like 3rd-grade French

Commerce platform should have a better time, right? Shopify, a commerce platform that claims over a million businesses as customers, is going “full steam ahead” in shifting all its mobile development to React Native.… …read more Source:: TheRegister