Remember the Simjacker vulnerability? Earlier this month, we reported about a critical unpatched weakness in a wide range of SIM cards, which an unnamed surveillance company has actively been exploiting in the wild to remotely compromise targeted mobile phones just by sending a specially crafted SMS to their phone numbers. If you can recall, the…
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If you’re a founder facing a tough immigration question, we have a special workshop session for you next week at Disrupt SF. One of our resident legal experts, Sophie Alcorn, is going to be hosting a special workshop where you can ask any immigration question you may have. Here are some of the main topics…
UK police raised £300,000 ($369,000) through the auction of criminally-seized Bitcoin BTC and other cryptocurrency this week, achieving over market value. The sales, a first for UK police, occurred across two unreserved auctions that were finalized on September 26 via Irish firm Wilsons Auctions. In total, 62 lots of cryptocurrency were sold, which included Bitcoin,…
An iOS hacker and cybersecurity researcher today publicly released what he claimed to be a “permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit,” in other words, an epic jailbreak that works on all iOS devices ranging from iPhone 4s (A5 chip) to iPhone 8 and iPhone X (A11 chip). Dubbed Checkm8, the exploit leverages unpatchable security weaknesses in Apple’s…
Your press release is the foundation of any successful PR strategy, but most of the releases we see fall far short of remarkable.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
A major drone incident at the UK’s second business airport last year continues to baffle police. Last December a series of drone sightings near Gatwick Airport caused chaos as scores of flights were grounded and thousands of travellers had their holiday plans disrupted. The incident, which took place during a peak travel period ahead of…
Last year, Xiaomi launched a sub-brand called Poco and announced a sub-$300 phone called the Pocophone F1. The phone packed the latest Qualcomm processor and sizable RAM in a plastic body. While it was great value for money, the company had cut corners in design and camera department to make it affordable. This year, the Chinese…
Watch out Windows users! There’s a new strain of malware making rounds on the Internet that has already infected thousands of computers worldwide and most likely, your antivirus program would not be able to detect it. Why? That’s because, first, it’s an advanced fileless malware and second, it leverages only legitimate built-in system utilities and…
Efficiency rating has become one of the fastest-growing stats in sports.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
