Twitter is temporarily suspending users’ ability to tweet via text message, after the social media company’s own CEO was hacked through that method last week.
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Hackers have been using compromised websites to install “monitoring implants” in iPhones for years, according to researchers at Google. The malicious software gathers users’ images, contacts and other information.
First National Bank has suspended its decision to require users to type in their usernames and passwords manually for online banking rather than using their browser or password manager to automatically fill in the fields.
A Bluetooth vulnerability has been uncovered that could make it simpler for a hacker to intrude on devices, a standards organisation has said.
Facebook has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services, according to people with knowledge of the work.
Broadcom has agreed to buy Symantec’s division that serves business customers for $10.7-billion in cash, adding software designed to keep hackers out of corporate systems.
Microsoft contractors are able to listen to some conversations that go through Skype’s translation function, a report has claimed.
Apple has been sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer recordings.
A cybersecurity firm says it has identified flaws in the popular messaging app WhatsApp that could allow hackers to manipulate messages in both public and private conversations.
The British home secretary has called for a backdoor into end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms in a bid to tackle security threats.