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As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure. Step One: Turn off phone. Step Two: Turn it back…
02 August 2021 Here's an updated list of the dozens of security and privacy problems that have been found in Zoom. (Image credit: Rido/Shutterstock) Do you use Zoom? Of course you do. After the coronavirus pandemic hit North America and Europe in March 2020, seemingly everyone who had to start working, going to school or even socializing from home started using the videoconferencing service. But boy, were there growing pains. Zoom went from 10 million daily users in December 2019 to 300 million daily users in April 2020. Its security and privacy practices came under sharp scrutiny — and ex...
“I'd say probably once a week, whenever I think of it,” he said. Almost always in arm's reach, rarely turned off and holding huge stores of personal and sensitive data, cellphones have become top targets for hackers looking to steal text messages, contacts, and photos, as well as track users' locations and even secretly turn on their video and microphones. “I always think of phones as like our digital soul,” said Patrick Wardle, a security expert and former NSA researcher. The number of people whose phones are hacked each year is unknowable, but evidence suggests it's significant. A r...
Simple action can thwart top phone hackers Alan Suderman The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure. Step One: Turn off phone. Step Two: Turn it back on. That’s it. At a time of widespread digital insecurity it turns out that the oldest and simplest computer fix there is — turning a device off then back on again — can thwart hackers from stealing some information from smar...
RICHMOND, Va. â As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure. Step One: Turn off phone. Step Two: Turn it back on. Thatâs it. At a time of widespread digital insecurity it turns out that the oldest and simplest computer fix there is â turning a device off then back on again â can thwart hackers from stealing information from smartphones. Regularly rebooting phones wonât stop the army of cybercr...