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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. Again, a raid as harmful as that commences with what appears to be garden-variety deceptive advertising trickery.

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Huawei announces HarmonyOS update for its smartphones

The Verge

Huawei has announced that its HarmonyOS operating system is coming to its smartphones via a forthcoming update. Huawei’s consumer business CEO Richard Yu says the company is updating around 100 of its devices globally to the new operating system, which also includes tablets like the MatePad Pro.

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Why Facebook and Apple are fighting over your privacy

Vox

Angry CEOs, operating system updates, and maybe even a lawsuit — the feud continues. Apple’s tracking-optional mobile operating system update is coming to iPhones this spring, and the new privacy-preserving features will give users the ability to opt out of being followed around the internet via trackers in their apps.

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Here’s the nuclear option to opt out of tracking on iOS

Vox

Apple’s mobile operating system update, iOS 14.5, With App Tracking Transparency, apps will have to ask users for their permission to access Apple’s Identifier for Advertising (IDFA), a unique code assigned to mobile devices. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images.

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Why the new iOS update is such a big deal

Vox

The latest version of the company’s mobile operating system, iOS 14.5, The biggest difference most people will see with the introduction of the new privacy tool, called App Tracking Transparency , is a pop-up that appears when you open an app that tracks you: Apple. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Americans are one step closer to a national contact tracing app for Covid-19

Vox

Apple and Google worked together to make the tool interoperable with iOS and Android operating systems, and iOS 14 has the exposure notification tool baked into the system itself and notifies users about the feature, creating a relatively seamless process to enable it. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Wall of Flippers is the way to put a stop to Flipper Zero

Dataconomy

Soon, custom firmware emerged, expanding the attack canvas to Android and Windows, spamming users with unwanted advertisements, and potentially compromising device security. Pen-testing tool Flipper Zero was eventually used for Bluetooth spam attacks on the iOS operating system ( Image credit ) What is Wall of Flippers?

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