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Apple Lets Stalkers Find YOU — ‘nRootTag’ Team Breaks AirTag Crypto

Richi Jennings | February 28, 2025 | AirTag, AirTags, Apple, Apple AirTag, apple bug, apple hack, apple hacker, Apple iCloud, BLE, bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, Bluetooth Protocol, bluetooth security, Bluetooth vulnerability, Find My iPhone, ICloud, icloud hack, nRootTag, OpenHayStack, SB Blogwatch

Dumb Design + Crud Code = Privacy Panic: It’s been SEVEN MONTHS, but Tim’s crew is yet to fix the bugs ...

Security Boulevard

New Tracker Warning Features on iPhones & Androids, 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report

Tom Eston | May 20, 2024 | AI, AI Hype, AirTag, Android 6, Apple, bluetooth, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data breaches, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Exploits, google, Information Security, Infosec, ios, Malware, Phishing, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Secret Trackers, security, , Stalking, technology, trackers, verizon, Verizon DBIR, Vulnerabilities, Weekly Edition

In episode 330 Tom, Scott, and Kevin discuss the new features for iPhones and Android phones designed to warn users about secret trackers, possibly aiding in identifying stalkers. The hosts discuss Apple ...

Shared Security Podcast

November 25 is the international day against domestic violence

Stalking: Fear of Apple AirTag ‘Explodes’ — Lawsuit Momentum Grows

Richi Jennings | October 13, 2023 | AirTag, AirTags, Apple, Apple AirTag, cyberstalking, Digital Stalking, Find My iPhone, SB Blogwatch, Stalkerware, Stalking, Stalkware, Tracker Detect, trackers

This is why we can’t have nice things: 38 victims of Apple’s “negligence” named in amended class action ...

Security Boulevard

Android Foils AirTag Stalkers and Thieves — While Apple Does Nothing

Richi Jennings | July 28, 2023 | AirTag, android, Apple, Consumer IoT, cyberstalking, geolocation, google, iot, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking

C’mon Cupertino: “Unknown Tracker Detected,” your phone screams. What now? ...

Security Boulevard

AI technology, security, AI security, visibility, insights, security platform, Arctic Wolf, zero-trust encrypted AI Trend Micro cybersecurity poverty line, data-centric, SUSE cloud Wiz Torq AirTag Skyhawk SASE security cloud security visibility PwC Survey Finds C-Level Execs Now View Cybersecurity as Biggest Risk

DEA Using AirTags to Track Packages (and Drug Manufacturers)

Mark Rasch | March 29, 2023 | AirTag, cyberstalking, Data Privacy, Data Security, DEA

It was recently reported in Forbes that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was using Apple’s AirTags to help track drug manufacturers. According to the March 23 article by Thomas Brewster, “[B]order ...

Security Boulevard

Tile Trackers Accountability Mode

Mark Rasch | February 24, 2023 | AirTag, Cyberlaw, cyberstalking, Digital Identity, Tile

One of the problems with tracking devices is that they can be used for good or for evil. When used for good, they can help you locate a stolen purse, a stolen ...

Security Boulevard

AirTag Court Rules Airline Not Bound By Privacy Policy

AirTag Stalking – Murder, Fear and Litigation

Mark Rasch | December 15, 2022 | AirTag, Apple, Cloud Identity, Cyberlaw, mobile device

At the end of January 2022, Akron, Ohio resident Heidi Moon was staying in a hotel in Kent, Ohio when her ex-boyfriend texted her, indicating that he knew where she was. Four ...

Security Boulevard

Apple Failed—AirTag has a HUGE Stalking Problem

Richi Jennings | April 7, 2022 | A million people being able to find their keys a bit easier is no tradeoff for a single person being stalked, AirTag, Apple, Consumer IoT, cyberstalking, geolocation, iot, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking

One year on, the Apple AirTag product has proved the dire predictions correct: They’re being used to “stalk and harass women.” ...

Security Boulevard

TikTok Circumvents Privacy Protections, Russian Sanction Attacks, Apple AirTag Anti-Stalking Measures

Tom Eston | February 28, 2022 | AirTag, AirTags, Apple, Apple iOS, Biden, Cybersecurity, Device Tracking, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Information Security, Infosec, Podcast, Privacy, Ransomware, Russia, security, Stalking, surveillance, technology, TikTok, tracking, Ukraine, Weekly Edition

How TikTok can circumvent privacy protections and performs device tracking that gives TikTok full access to user data, the US government warns about ransomware attacks after Biden’s new sanctions against Russia, and ...

The Shared Security Show

Apple AirTag: Absolutely Awful, Say Stalking Victims

Richi Jennings | January 3, 2022 | AirTag, Apple, Consumer IoT, geolocation, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, The whole concept really depends on people acting decently

Apple is coming under renewed flak for its AirTags—and how they make life easy for stalkers and carjackers. But is the criticism fair? ...

Security Boulevard

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Senator Sanders Wants to Own AI Companies — and Hand America’s Adversaries the Keys

NIST’s Nine: The PQC Signature Race Moves to Round Three

The Quantum Arms Race: Why Washington Just Wrote a $2 Billion Check to Nine Companies

Beyond Moore’s Law: The Hyper-Acceleration of Autonomous AI Cyber Capabilities

The Exception Economy: When Security Teams Stop Protecting and Start Negotiating

GoPlus’s Latest Report Highlights How Blockchain Communities Are Leveraging Critical API Security Data To Mitigate Web3 Threats

C2A Security’s EVSec Risk Management and Automation Platform Gains Traction in Automotive Industry as Companies Seek to Efficiently Meet Regulatory Requirements

Zama Raises $73M in Series A Lead by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs to Commercialize Fully Homomorphic Encryption

RSM US Deploys Stellar Cyber Open XDR Platform to Secure Clients

ThreatHunter.ai Halts Hundreds of Attacks in the past 48 hours: Combating Ransomware and Nation-State Cyber Threats Head-On