Once again, Mozilla has taken a leaf out of Tor browser’s handbook with the introduction of user anti-fingerprinting technique in Firefox 67 which is scheduled for a release this year in May. Dubbed ‘Letterboxing,’ this method protects against window-size related fingerprinting which is used for profiling and tracking users. For the uninitiated, browser fingerprinting means collection […]
Samsung recently announced the Galaxy A10, A30, and A50 in its 2019 Galaxy series, with more to come soon. Now, a new leak suggests that the Galaxy A60 is also on its way and some details on its specs have surfaced. According to a leaked spec sheet by SlashLeaks, the alleged Galaxy A60 is expected […]
After a few rumors and speculations, OPPO has finally launched the OPPO K1 in its new K series at an event in India. The OPPO K1, falling in the budget segment, has its USP in the form of an in-display fingerprint sensor. Another highlight is the 6.4-inch AMOLED water drop display with a screen resolution […]
There is very good news for Mozilla Firefox users. After improving the user experience with tracking protection function offering content blocking features and other changes in Firefox 63, Mozilla is aiming for another significant update in the upcoming version of the browser. The new version of Mozilla Firefox called Firefox 67, which is planned to […]
Back then, 2014 to be precise, OnePlus was a newbie, only to rule the mid-to-high segment in the mobile world after a few years. With good sales and high level of user satisfaction, the smartphone portfolio of OnePlus has been improving each year and the latest one to join the same is the OnePlus 6T. […]
OPPO has been rumored to launch its mid-ranger smartphone, dubbed the OPPO K1. Now, according to the Flipkart listing, we have an official date for the upcoming smartphone. The Flipkart listing (with the #UnlockWithStyle) suggests that the OPPO K1 will reach Indian shores on February 6, noon. While the listing doesn’t reveal much, the OPPO […]
To focus more on the budget-to-mid segment, Samsung is rumored to launch at least ten smartphones in its Galaxy A series. Among the ten smartphones, the purported Galaxy A50 has started featuring in the rumor mill, with the new leak throwing light at its possible features. According to a report by 91Mobiles, the leaked image of […]
Can feds force you to unlock your iPhone or Android phone? …”NO” A Northern California judge has ruled that federal authorities can’t force you to unlock your smartphone using your fingerprints or other biometric features such as facial recognition—even with a warrant. The ruling came in the case of two unspecified suspects allegedly using Facebook […]
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is known for being home to several new features every now and then. Taking this forward, the app is soon to receive a new update which will lead to new features. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp for Android is testing version 2.19.3 and is likely to add a new authentication feature to […]
“HASSH” is a network fingerprinting standard which can be used to identify specific Client and Server SSH implementations. The fingerprints can be easily stored, searched and shared in the form of an MD5 fingerprint. What can HASSH help with: Use in highly controlled, well understood environments, where any fingerprints outside of a known good set […]
Scannerl is a modular distributed fingerprinting engine implemented by Kudelski Security. Scannerl can fingerprint thousands of targets on a single host, but can just as easily be distributed across multiple hosts. Scannerl is to fingerprinting what zmap is to port scanning. Scannerl works on Debian/Ubuntu/Arch (but will probably work on other distributions as well). It […]
A WhatsApp photo of drug dealer’s hand carrying ecstasy tablets allowed police to track down and bust a drug ring. A photo sent by 28-year-old drug dealer Elliott Morris through WhatsApp was used by authorities to identify his fingerprint. The case happened in Bridgend, South Wales in which the fingerprint helped the local police to compare the record of […]
Believe it or not but in the US, police are now using fingerprints of dead suspects to unlock iPhones. Contrary to popular belief that law enforcement agencies only recently started using dead person fingerprints for unlocking iPhones, Forbes has reported that this has been going on for years. In its latest report, Forbes confirmed that […]
Vulnerability in Lenovo Devices Allows Attacker to Bypass Fingerprint Authentication and Gain Higher Privileges. In case you own a ThinkCentre, ThinkPad or ThinkStation system manufactured by Lenovo, then we suggest that you immediately install an important security fix so as to prevent the vulnerability that bypasses encoded fingerprint data with a hardcoded password. More: Lenovo removes […]
In case you’re running a Lenovo business machine with a built-in fingerprint sensor, you might want to install the latest security patch issued by the company. According to a security advisory published last week, the Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro software on many ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and ThinStation systems contains a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2017-3762). The […]
Lenovo released a security update for critical vulnerability with Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro that impacts dozens of ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation Workstations that are running Windows 7, 8 and the 8.1 operating systems. It is a utility for user authentication based on fingerprint recognition for Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit), 8 (32-bit, 64-bit), 7 (32-bit, 64-bit) […]
PC maker Lenovo issued a fix for a hardcoded password flaw impacting ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation laptops. The flaw affects nearly a dozen Lenovo laptop models that run versions of Microsoft Windows 7, 8 and the 8.1 operating system. The vulnerability was disclosed by Lenovo on Thursday who also offered a patch to fix affected systems. “Sensitive […]
Plecost is a vulnerability fingerprinting and vulnerability finder for WordPress blog engine. Installation Using Pypi: > python3 -m pip install plecost Remember that Plecost3 only runs in Python 3. Using Docker: You can run Plecost using Docker: > docker run –rm iniqua/plecost {ARGS} Where {ARGS} is any valid argument of Plecost. A real example could be: > […]
If a mere speculation is to be believed, the biometric data of millions of Americans could be at the risk of being compromised by Russian hackers. They could “even compromise wider national security and law enforcement computer systems,” says a detailed BuzzFeed report citing some documents and two whistleblowers as the source. The fingerprints recognition software used […]
Canvas fingerprinting relies on websites meaning able to receive data from HTML canvas details calmly. In future, Firefox users will be required to give their approval before that wrenching can take place, just as users of the Tor Browser are. The community in behavior to Tor Browser is no chance. That privacy-first browser is really […]
Taking advantage of Intel ME technology, within which attackers can execute unsigned code on the target machine. This leads to a full compromise of the platform. Intel Management Engine is a closed technology, which is a microcontroller embedded into the Platform Controller Hub (PCH) with a set of well-proportioned peripherals. Through PCH, almost all communication […]