Biostar 2 security failure shows why Apple’s Face ID is biometrics done better
The Biostar 2 security failure shows the risks of irresponsible firms having access to your biometric ID…
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- Apple admins get a new remote support option July 23, 2021Apple administrators in the enterprise and education markets now have a new remote access option thanks to a new integration between Addigy and Splashtop.Splashtop comes to Addigy The move means Splashtop, which already has over 30 million users — including many Fortune 500 companies — is now the exclusive default remote support solution included in Addigy. […]
- Scary ‘malware-as-a-service’ Mac attack discovered July 22, 2021Another day, and it's time for another Apple security scare: malware that can harvest keystrokes and log-ins and is available on the Darknet for only $49.Malware-as-a-service for Mac attacks Check Point Software’s research team claims to have identified the hack, which it is calling XLoader. Enterprise security specialists managing Macs and Apple devices (of which there are […]
- Apple plans an all-5G iPhone range, but not until '22 July 21, 2021Apple’s first 5G iPhones are available now, but most users don’t yet really feel the benefit, given that network infrastructure and services are still being rolled out. But you can expect adoption on both fronts to accelerate into 2022.Good news, bad news Let’s get to the bad new first: If a report on Nikkei is to […]
- Voice is becoming a primary search technology July 20, 2021If your business isn’t investing in trying to reach the top of local search results, you should spend time thinking about how to do so, as voice-based search queries deliver locally-based results.Voice assistants are maturing Ten years since Siri arrived, the voice assistant market is maturing and voice search is beginning to proliferate across multiple […]
- iPhone spyware: It's a dirty job, but NSO's gonna do it July 19, 2021Amnesty International has revealed that NSO Group, an Israeli ‘surveillance as a service’ company, has created and sold a nasty iMessage attack that can be used to spy on journalists, activists, and political representatives using their iPhones.A zero-click hack attack What makes this latest attack particularly dangerous is its exploitation of zero-click vulnerabilities, meaning targets don’t […]