By Bill Toulas A bug in Google Home smart speaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed. Researcher Matt Kunze discovered the issue and received $107,500 for responsibly reporting it to Google last year. Earlier thisContinue reading “Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations”
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New Zealand Government Has Backdoor Access to Censor Content on Facebook
BY RHODA WILSON ON DECEMBER 3, 2022 • ( 7 COMMENTS ) A response to an Official Information Act (“OIA”) has uncovered that the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs has access to Facebook’s takedown portal. This is the same portal used by the US government to directly access and flag content on Facebook or Instagram and then request that it beContinue reading “New Zealand Government Has Backdoor Access to Censor Content on Facebook”
Is there a Backdoor on our Phones? An Analysis of the Supply Chain
8 nov 2022 The supply chain for phones is fraught with risk. However the typical person has no understanding of where the threats might come from. It is easy to attribute backdoor activity to certain countries for example. Where is the real threat and is it really a significant one? A viewer commented that heContinue reading “Is there a Backdoor on our Phones? An Analysis of the Supply Chain”
Hackers could have full access to everything on the phones of WhatsApp users
This was possible through a security issue disclosed by WhatsApp itself (https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2022/) last week. All a hacker had to do to control your phone was send you a malicious video or start a video call with you on WhatsApp. You are probably thinking “Yeah, but if I updated WhatsApp to the latest version, I amContinue reading “Hackers could have full access to everything on the phones of WhatsApp users”
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