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On Device Controls Spark Privacy, Security ConcernsThe British government is demanding that smartphone giants Apple and Google ensure underage users of iOS and Android devices can no longer take, send or view nude photographs.
CISA ordered U.S. government agencies to patch three iOS vulnerabilities targeted in cryptocurrency theft and cyberespionage attacks using the DarkSword exploit kit. [...]
The kit, named DarkSword, has a variety of possible implications, the research from iVerify, Lookout and Google suggests. The post Second iOS exploit kit now in use by suspected Russian hackers appeared first on CyberScoop.
India's telecommunications ministry has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload a government-backed cybersecurity app named Sanchar Saathi on all new phones within 90 days
PLUS: India wants to build big airliners; Half of South Koreans caught in data leak; Minimum wage for gig workers in Oz; And more! Asia in Brief Singapore’s government last week told Google and Apple to prevent fake government messages.…
The Australian government is warning about ongoing cyberattacks against unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices in the country to infect routers with the BadCandy webshell. [...]
Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act The UK's Home Secretary should use her powers to push the tech industry to deploy stronger technical measures against the surge in phone thefts, according to a House of Commons committee.…
Cupertino yanks ICEBlock citing safety risks for law enforcement Apple has deep-sixed an app that tracks the movements of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents – apparently bowing to government pressure.…
US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, stated that her government persuaded the UK to withdraw its controversial demand
Tulsi Gabbard Takes Credit After Apparent British Reversal of Backdoor RequestU.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the United Kingdom has apparently reversed course on a demand for Apple to provide the government with a backdoor into its advanced iCloud encrypted protections following growing criticism from U.S. lawmakers and privacy advocates.
The U.K. government has apparently abandoned its plans to force Apple to weaken encryption protections and include a backdoor that would have enabled access to the protected data of U.S. citizens
Tulsi Gabbard boasts Washington forced Blighty to drop iPhone encryption fight The UK government has reportedly abandoned its attempt to strong-arm Apple into weakening iPhone encryption after the White House forced Blighty into a quiet climb-down.…
Hello loophole could let a rogue admin, or a pwned one, inject new facial scans Black Hat Microsoft is pushing hard for Windows users to shift from using passwords to its Hello biometrics system, but researchers sponsored by the German government have found a critical flaw in its business implementation.…
Apple, US Took Hard Line Against British DemandThe U.K. government is reportedly set to reverse course on requiring smartphone giant Apple to give police access to device data stored as backups in the California company's cloud service. "The Home Office is basically going to have to back down," a British official said.
WhatsApp CEO Says UK Request Sets "Dangerous Precedent"Instant messaging app WhatsApp is seeking to join Apple's legal battle with the U.K. government over end-to-end encryption. Apple is challenging a Home Office order requiring the device maker to provide law enforcement with unencrypted copies of customer data.
WhatsApp CEO Says UK Request Sets "Dangerous Precedent"Instant messaging app WhatsApp is seeking to join Apple's legal battle with the U.K. government over end-to-end encryption. Apple is challenging a Home Office order requiring the device maker to provide law enforcement with unencrypted copies of customer data.
UK holds onto oversight by a whisker, but it's utterly barefaced on the other side of the pond Opinion The UK government's attempts to worm into Apple's core end-to-end encryption were set back last week when the country's Home Office failed in its bid to keep them secret on national security grounds.…
Independent Tribunal Rules That at Least 'Bare Details' of Case Can Be Made PublicThe British government has lost its bid to maintain "absolute" secrecy over its attempt to compel Apple to provide backdoor access to users' encrypted data, ruled Britain's independent Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Whether any further details will get released publicly remains unclear.
A bipartisan delegation of US Congresspeople and Senators has asked the hearing between the UK government and Apple to be made public
National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public.…