“Privacy comes at a premium these days. Our technology follows around, tracking our location and gathering information to serve back to us in the form of ads. Sometimes, though, you can use that information to your advantage.”
How to protect yourself from a SIM-swap attack
“Imagine that you’re sitting at the dinner table, and your phone suddenly comes alive with debit alert after debit alert. You can see the transactions pouring in, and your account balance trickling away, but can do nothing about it.”
T-Mobile adds extra security to port-out process to avoid SIM swapping
“For customers looking to change providers from T-Mobile, there are about to be extra security measures in place. T-Mobile is adding a new security layer to its port-out process, requiring users to create a PIN.”
A hands-on with the ‘new Gmail view’ web redesign: Sidebar woes [Gallery]
“At the start of last week, Google began rolling out the “new view” redesign of Gmail on the web. It has now hit our accounts, and here’s a look at how it works, as well as other details we’ve found while using it this afternoon.”
Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users
“Researchers have uncovered advanced, never-before-seen macOS malware that was installed using exploits that were almost impossible for most users to detect or stop once the users landed on a malicious website.”
MFA fatigue attacks: Users tricked into allowing device access due to overload of push notifications
“Malicious hackers are targeting Office 365 users with a spare of ‘MFA fatigue attacks’, bombarding victims with 2FA push notifications to trick them into authenticating their login attempts.”
T2 Mac security vulnerability means passwords can now be cracked
“A company selling password-cracking tools says that a newly-discovered T2 Mac security vulnerability allows it to crack passwords on these machines, bypassing the lockouts.”
Google survey teases a happy ending for free legacy G Suite customers
“Google may be looking for a way out of its Legacy G Suite shutdown issues. According to a survey the company has posted to its Workspace documentation, “more options” might be coming for some customers using the soon-to-be-dead free plans.”
SIM-swapping attacks are skyrocketing, FBI warns – here’s how to protect yourself
“(NEXSTAR) – The FBI issued an alert Tuesday warning of a massive spike in so-called “SIM swap” crimes over the last year.”
How to Keep iMessage From Filling Up Your iPhone and iCloud
“When you think about freeing up storage space on your iPhone, iMessage may be one of the last things that comes to mind.”
