A sophisticated SS7 protocol vulnerability that enables unauthorized SMS interception and real-time phone tracking is now being offered for sale on underground forums, raising serious concerns about mobile network security worldwide. The exploit, priced at $5,000, provides buyers with comprehensive tools to compromise telecommunications infrastructure at a fundamental level. Security researchers have identified a listing […]
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A hacker stole data from TeleMessage, exposing messages from its modified Signal, WhatsApp, and other apps sold to the U.S. government. A hacker stole customer data from TeleMessage, an Israeli firm selling modified versions of popular messaging apps, such as Signal and WhatsApp, to the U.S. government. “The data stolen by the hacker contains the […]
Longtime Verge readers might recall the unusual story of how the music video for a Janet Jackson song, “Rhythm Nation,” could cause certain Windows laptops to crash just by being around when it’s playing. Now, in a blog post spotted by PCWorld, Microsoft employee Raymond Chen has revealed that a filter created to deal with […]
Firefox could be put out of business should a court implement all the Justice Department’s proposals to restrict Google’s search monopoly, an executive for the browser owner Mozilla testified Friday. “It’s very frightening,” Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim said. The DOJ wants to bar Google from paying to be the default search engine in third-party browsers […]
A photo taken this week showed Mike Waltz using an app that looks like—but is not—Signal to communicate with top officials. "I don't even know where to start with this," says one expert.
A 25-year-old California man pleaded guilty to stealing and dumping 1.1TB of data from the House of Mouse When someone stole more than a terabyte of data from Disney last year, it was believed to be the work of Russian hacktivists protesting for artist rights. We now know it was actually a 25-year-old California resident.…
Irish DPC Imposes a Fine for GDPR ViolationsTikTok must pay 530 million euros to the Irish data regulator for non-compliance with European privacy law. The nearly $600 million fine stems from TikTok's storage of European user data on servers in China and failure to disclose data transfers to China from July 2020 through November 2022.