Headlines this week focused on the alleged hacking of Jeff Bezos' smartphone, a new Department of Homeland Security warning specific to connected healthcare products, and more.
By: Casey Newton
It has been just under a year since Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shocked the world with a Medium post disclosing that he had been the subject of an extortion attempt, hired the best person in the world to investigate it, and promised to get to the bottom of it.
By: Michelle Nichols and Raphael Satter
United Nations officials do not use WhatsApp to communicate because “it’s not supported as a secure mechanism,” a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday, after U.N. experts accused Saudi Arabia of using the online communications platform to hack the phone of Amazon chief executive and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
By: Jeff Stone
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity outfit on Thursday issued an alert about six flaws in popular health care devices that could affect device functionality, expose patients’ health information or create other vulnerabilities.
By: Catalin Cimpanu
An analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data collection practices.
By: Igor Bonifacic
While most people were out celebrating the start of a new year, Microsoft's security teams were working overtime to close a potentially enormous security loophole. On Thursday, the company disclosed a database error that temporarily left approximately 250 million customer service and support records accessible to anyone with a web browser.
By: Dara Kerr
Lime petitions Apple to yank Scooter Map from its App Store over alleged privacy violations.
By: Kashmir Hill
A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.
By: Jon Fingas
Claims that Americans could vote by phone have usually been hoaxes, but Seattle-area residents will get to try the real thing before long.
By: Rani Molla
It’s going to take more than a few high-profile video hacking incidents to slow connected security camera sales.
By: Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado
Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Tuesday charged the American journalist Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes for his role in bringing to light cellphone messages that have embarrassed prosecutors and tarnished the image of an anticorruption task force.