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Geekz Snow 2019-08-09

Apple’s Face ID biometric security can be misled using a pair of glasses with tape attached to them, security researchers from Tencent have discovered.

ThreatPost reports that the method is able to fool Face ID into thinking someone’s eyes are open, meaning it could allow hackers to gain access to a locked iPhone while its owner is asleep.

The reality of the hack, however, means that it’s unlikely to be of much practical use in a real-world context.

A hacker would need to literally place a pair of glasses onto their target without them noticing, and then hold their phone up in front of them.

It would be much easier for someone to simply force a target to look at their device, like one FBI agent did last year.

Tencent’s discovery sheds an interesting light on how Apple’s latest biometric security process works, however.

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Geekz Snow 2019-08-09
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Apple used the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday to make some changes to its bug bounty scheme.

Until recently, Apple’s previous highest bounty was $200,000 for friendly reports of bugs that could then be fixed with software updates.

And Apple also only offered bug bounties to invited researchers who tried to find flaws in its phones and cloud backups, Reuters reported.

But now at the conference Apple has made some changes, as it seeks to ensure that the iPhone is the most safeguarded and privacy focused handset on the market.

First off, Apple has opened its bug bounty program to all security researchers, and its dramatically increased the payout for the most serious of flaws.

Reuters reported that Apple’s bug bounty scheme now includes not just the iPhone, but also Mac software, and it is offering researchers a range of bug bounties for the most significant findings.

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Geekz Snow 2019-08-08
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The FBI is looking for a partner to collect data from your social media profiles, which could pit it against new privacy policies Facebook agreed to as part of its $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

A request for proposal posted on Aug. 8 reveals that the FBI wants to hire a third party contractor to help it scrape to social media data “to proactively identify and reactively monitor threats to the United States and its interests.” The document was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

“With increased use of social media platforms by subjects of current FBI investigations and individuals that pose a threat to the United States, it is critical to obtain a service which will allow the FBI to identify relevant information from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other Social media platforms in a timely fashion,” the FBI wrote in its request.

“Consequently, the FBI needs near real time access to a full range of social media exchanges in order to obtain the most current information available in furtherance of its law enforcement and intelligence missions.”

While the request is from last month, it’s even more relevant in light of the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, and President Donald Trump’s call to better use social media to detect and stop mass shooters before they can go on a rampage .

The FBI’s request could, in theory, violate a ban against the use of Facebook data for surveillance services that Facebook agreed to as part of a $5 billion FTC settlement last month.

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Geekz Snow 2019-08-08
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Now that's what we call a joint task force: Uncle Sam chills out, relaxes recruitment rules on drugs

Black Hat America's crime-fighters, desperate to recruit white-hat hackers to collar spies and cyber-crooks, have been quietly and slightly relaxing the ban on hiring anyone who has used illegal drugs.

Generally speaking, dabbling in any kind of substance abuse will rule you out of the running for a job at the NSA, Homeland Security, the FBI, and so forth.

It should, therefore, be no surprise that the Feds have been unable to recruit talented hacker folks, due to their past experimentation with chemicals.

What with marijuana now legal in various US states, including California, and it being 2019 and all, and recruitment of infosec bods is still somewhat of a struggle, it appears Uncle Sam is easing up.

So, if you haven't done anything bonkers, like injected mephedrone into your eyeballs over breakfast, and can pass, and continue to pass, a drug test, and you have the infosec skillz needed, Uncle Sam may well want you... to apply, at least.

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Geekz Snow 2019-08-08
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Now that's what we call a joint task force: Uncle Sam chills out, relaxes recruitment rules on drugs

Black Hat America's crime-fighters, desperate to recruit white-hat hackers to collar spies and cyber-crooks, have been quietly and slightly relaxing the ban on hiring anyone who has used illegal drugs.

Generally speaking, dabbling in any kind of substance abuse will rule you out of the running for a job at the NSA, Homeland Security, the FBI, and so forth.

It should, therefore, be no surprise that the Feds have been unable to recruit talented hacker folks, due to their past experimentation with chemicals.

What with marijuana now legal in various US states, including California, and it being 2019 and all, and recruitment of infosec bods is still somewhat of a struggle, it appears Uncle Sam is easing up.

So, if you haven't done anything bonkers, like injected mephedrone into your eyeballs over breakfast, and can pass, and continue to pass, a drug test, and you have the infosec skillz needed, Uncle Sam may well want you... to apply, at least.

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