“Hackers don’t take holidays, as has been proven by a series of compromises of Google Chrome browser extensions dating back to mid-December and continuing through the seasonal break would attest to.”
Feds Warn Android And iPhone Users—Stop Using SMS For 2FA
“With the tech world still reeling from the impact of the FBI and CISA revelations around Salt Typhoon’s infiltration of U.S. networks and the warning to stop sending texts, CISA, the U.S. federal cyber defense agency, has now followed up with deeper guidance for U.S.”
Proton launches its password manager Proton Pass
“A couple of months after unveiling Proton Pass, Proton — the company behind end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail — is officially launching its password manager to everyone. As a reminder, Proton Pass is an end-to-end encrypted password manager for individuals and (soon) families.”
Ring is ruining its products with this huge policy change
“Starting March 29, 2023, all Ring customers will have to have a subscription in order to use the Home and Away modes in the Ring app.”
Beware rogue 2FA apps in App Store and Google Play – don’t get hacked!
“Thanks to Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry of @mysk_co for the impetus and information behind this article. The duo describe themselves as “two iOS developers and occasional security researchers on two continents.”
1Password Passkey Support Will Let You Dump Your 1 Password
“Password manager 1Password will let you protect your vault of passwords with a passkey starting this summer, embracing an authentication technology designed to be as easy to use as passwords but more secure.”
T-Mobile’s New SIM Protection Is Now Live, Here’s How To Enable It
“As many of you know, SIM swap fraud is a big issue across all carriers. T-Mobile in particular has had quite a number of cases in recent years. About a month ago, the carrier disabled self-service SIM changes to implement new security changes, and they’re now ready for primetime.”
Anker’s Eufy deleted these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions
“It’s been two weeks since we reported that Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras, and we’ve been pushing the company for answers ever since.”
TikTok’s in-app browser could be keylogging, privacy analysis warns
“‘Beware in-app browsers’ is a good rule of thumb for any privacy conscious mobile app user — given the potential for an app to leverage its hold on user attention to snoop on what you’re looking at via browser software it also controls.”
