Epic Games says that Apple rejected its latest Fortnite submission to the US App Store and the game on iOS will be “offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it”
Game is Blocked in the EU Now, Too Jessica Filby / Dexerto : Fortnite removed from App Store entirely after Apple blocks them in US Michael Tsai : Fortnite “Blocked” — Dominic Preston (MacRumors, Ha...
CISA Director Jen Easterly says the Log4j flaw likely affects hundreds of millions of devices and may be the most serious bug she has seen in her career
A vulnerability in a widely used Apache library … Ncsc-Nl / GitHub : Log4j overview related software Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat : Log4j exploits attempted on 44% of corporate networks; ransomware payl...
A Windows 10 and Windows 11 exploit allows an attacker with physical access to gain SYSTEM privileges, bypassing Microsoft's patch from earlier this month
Hackers Exploiting New Windows Installer Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear : All Windows PCs at risk after Microsoft fails to fix zero-day exploit Elizabeth Montalbano / Thre...
Google has patched an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome 88 update
update now Ryan Naraine / SecurityWeek : Google Chrome, Microsoft IE Zero-Days in Crosshairs Gareth Corfield / The Register : Chrome zero-day bug that is actively being abused by bad folks affects Edg...
MalwareBytes: an Android phone offered free by Assurance Wireless as part of the US Lifeline Assistance program comes pre-installed with Chinese malware
With help from John Hendel and Eric Geller Paul Wagenseil / Tom's Guide : ‘Obamaphones’ come preloaded with malware Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartpho...
Leaked dataset from a location data company with a log of the movements of 12M+ Americans shows how “anonymous” location data can be used to track people
and it's not hard to figure out who you are Whitney Kimball / Gizmodo : Holy Shit, Reportedly Jerry Hildenbrand / Android Central : Your phone tracks your every move and there is nothing you can do ab...
D-Link won't patch a remote exploit in four of its routers, saying they are end-of-life, despite some being discontinued in 2018 and still being sold on Amazon
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Marcus Hutchins, who helped stop WannaCry, arrested by FBI after Def Con; DoJ indictment accuses him of helping spread Kronos banking trojan in 2014-2015
here's what it is Chris Smith / BGR : This is the banking malware the WannaCry hero supposedly created PYMNTS.com : U.K. Based Computer Researcher Arrested In U.S. For Alleged Ties To Kronos Malware T...
Chaos Computer Club hackers say they have defeated Samsung Galaxy S8's iris recognition system using a photo of victim's iris
Biometrics on smartphones … Ian Morris / Forbes : Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Hacked In Three Simple Steps Corbin Davenport / Android Police : Members of the Chaos Computer Club have cracked the Ga...
New tool decrypts WannaCry-infected computers running Windows XP, 7, and 2003, if they have not been rebooted
if you work fast Brad Linder / Liliputing : Do not reboot your PC if you get WannaCry ransomeware - try this instead Matt Suiche / Comae Technologies : WannaCry — Decrypting files with WanaKiwi + Demo...