Apple reintroduced a previously fixed bug in iOS 12.4, which has led to a jailbreak revival.
Author: Lily Hay Newman
Facebook’s Voice Transcripts Were More Invasive Than Amazon’s
The Capital One hacker, a Bluetooth vulnerability, and more of the week's top security news.
How Facebook Catches Bugs in Its 100 Million Lines of Code
For the past four years, Facebook has quietly used a homegrown tool called Zoncolan to find…
Hackers Can Turn Everyday Speakers Into Acoustic Cyberweapons
A security researcher has demonstrated how to force everyday commercial speakers to emit harmful sounds.
Hackers Could Decrypt Your GSM Phone Calls
Researchers have discovered a flaw in the GSM standard used by AT&T and T-Mobile that would…
Hackers Take on Darpa’s $10 Million Voting Machine
At this year's Defcon hacking conference, Darpa brought the beginnings of what it hopes will be…
How Apple Pay Buttons Can Make Websites Less Safe
Apple Pay itself is safe. But the way websites implement it can cause serious problems.
How a 10-Year-Old Desk Phone Bug Came Back From the Dead
Avaya patched a problem hackers could exploit in phones. But the bad code never went away.
Hidden Algorithm Flaws Expose Websites to DoS Attacks
Why throw a bunch of junk traffic at a service, when all it takes to stall…
Hackers Can Break Into an iPhone Just by Sending a Text
You don't even have to click anything.