Elon Musk and the Dangers of Censoring Real-Time Flight Trackers

Elon Musk claims plane-tracking data is a risky privacy violation. But the world loses a lot if this information disappears—and that's already happening...

FTC Fines Fortnite Maker Epic Games $275 Million for Violating Children's Privacy Law

Epic Games has reached a $520 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC over allegations that the Fortnite creator violated online privacy laws for children and tricked users into making unintended purchases in the video game. To that end, the company will pay a record $275...

CVE-2022-46313

The sensor privacy module has an authentication vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause unavailability of the smartphone's camera and microphone...

PT-2022-27805 · Huawei · Harmonyos

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No specific software or versions are mentioned. Description: The sensor privacy module has an authentication issue. If exploited, this could make the smartphone's camera and microphone unavailable. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no...

CVE-2022-46313

The CVE-2022-46313 entry concerns Huawei HarmonyOS sensor privacy module. It is described as an authentication vulnerability that, if exploited, could render the device camera and microphone unavailable. The available metrics indicate a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with network attack vec...

Ex-Twitter employee Gets 3.5 Years Jail for Spying on Behalf of Saudi Arabia

A former Twitter employee who was found guilty of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia by sharing data pertaining to specific individuals has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Ahmad Abouammo, 45, was convicted earlier this August on various criminal counts, including money launderin...

CVE-2022-20562

The CVE-2022-20562 entry concerns a logic error in ap_input_processor.c within the Android kernel’s audio processing path that could allow recording audio during a phone call, leading to local information disclosure. The vulnerability is classified as Information Disclosure with a Local attack ve...

FBI, FDA OCI, and USDA Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Regarding Business Email Compromise Schemes Used to Steal Food

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations FDA OCI, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA detailing recently observed incidents of criminal actors using business email compromis...

CVE-2022-42862

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

CVE-2022-42862

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

CVE-2022-42865

This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

CVE-2022-42859

Multiple issues were addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

CVE-2022-42859

Multiple issues were addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

CVE-2022-42865

This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

Code injection

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

Authentication flaw

This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

Code injection

Multiple issues were addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...

Is Apple about to embrace third-party app stores?

On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Apple is preparing to allow access to third-party app stores on all iPhone and iPad devices owned by EU users, in anticipation of a new EU competition law coming into force in mid-2024. If the reporting is correct, then in future users in the EU will no longer ...

Drupal Releases Security Updates to Address Vulnerabilities in H5P and File (Field) Paths

Drupal has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting H5P and the File Field Paths modules for Drupal 7.x. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to access sensitive information and remotely execute code. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Drupal’s...

CVE-2022-42865

This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences...