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 Apple's long-rumored "homeOS" operating system might finally be on the horizon, based on recent trademark activity reviewed by MacRumors.
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 Google today announced that its Chrome browser has received the "highest ever score" on the Speedometer 3 benchmarking test. Speedometer 3 is designed to measure browser performance, and it was created collaboratively by Google, Apple, Intel, Microsoft, and Mozilla.
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NEW RESOURCES Washington State Office of the Attorney General: WA launches police use-of-force database. "The Attorney General's Office announced today the launch of the Washington State Data Exchange for Public Safety (WADEPS), […]
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This is a new variation on the known Crocodilus malware, which has a primary function of taking over an Android phone to find and steal crypto wallet info. But the new behavior, discovered by Threat Fabric, is particularly interesting. According to the report (spotted by BleepingComputer), the novel behavior of the malware creates fake entries in a user's Contacts list. The idea is clever: instead of seeing an unknown number, you see a name like "Bank Support," and it's meant to put you at ease so you're more vulnerable to social engineering attacks.
Crocodilus' main functions appear to still be focused on theft of cryptocurrency and banking info, with malicious Facebook ads focusing on users in Turkey but expanding to larger operations in Europe, South America, and the United States. The social engineering aspect of the malware appears to be an afterthought… but it makes sense. If you have a Trojan program loaded onto someone's phone and you've found that they have vulnerable bank accounts or crypto wallets, you might try passing their info off to a social engineering team to see if you can steal anything else of value. (Geez, it feels weird to think about this from the perspective of a hacker. I need a shower.)
So far, the Crocodilus m
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 A federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in attempting to impose sweeping tariffs on imported goods, including Apple products, halting plans that could have dramatically raised iPhone prices across the United States (via CNET).
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