Thermal cameras built into smartphones are a super handy tool for the DIYers, engineers… Story on ZDNet
Category: Cybersecurity
BBC, British Airways, Boots hit with hackers’ ultimatum after suffering MOVEit supply-chain attack
British Airways, BBC and Boots have all been served an ultimatum after they were hit with a supply-chain attack… Story on TechRepublic
Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 60 feet away
More ways to defeat any ‘security’ that you believe that you have in place… Story on Ars Technica
New zero-click threat targets iPhones and iPads
Kaspersky says iOS devices are being targeted by a previously unknown malware… Story on TechRepublic
Want to Keep a Secret? How to Encrypt a Document Stored on Google Drive
If you want to keep your files safe from prying eyes, encryption is your best bet – especially if you are going to store those files in the cloud… Story on PCMag
Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor
Eclypsium says it found Gigabyte’s hidden firmware mechanism while scouring customers’ computers for firmware-based malicious code… Story on Ars Technica
Apple Fixes ‘Serious’ MacOS Security Exploit Found by Microsoft
Apple has fixed a ‘serious’ exploit that could let attackers bypass macOS System Integrity Protection (SIP) and install ‘undeletable’ malware… Story on PCMag
How Generative AI Will Remake Cybersecurity
In March, Microsoft announced its Security Copilot service. The software giant built the technology on cutting-edge generative AI… Story on eSecurity Planet
Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds
Botnets, especially botnets-for-hire, are lowering the bar to technology access for those seeking to launch distributed denial of service… Story on TechRepublic
3 ways to spot a malware-infected app on your smartphone
Google recently removed a popular screen-recording app for Android known as iRecorder – Screen Recorder from the Play Store… Story on ZDNet