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Ex-NSA hacker and ex-Apple researcher launch startup to protect Apple devices

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Two veteran security experts are launching a startup that aims to help other makers of cybersecurity products to up their game in protecting Apple devices. Their startup is called DoubleYou, the name taken from the initials of its co-founder, Patrick Wardle, who worked at the U.S. National Security Agency between 2006 and 2008. Wardle then […]

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India’s ICICI Bank exposed thousands of credit cards to ‘wrong’ users

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ICICI Bank, one of India’s top private banks, exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not their intended recipients. The Mumbai-based bank confirmed to TechCrunch Thursday that its digital channels “erroneously mapped” about 17,000 credit cards issued in the past few days to “wrong” users. The issue came

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US government downgrades bug in Chirp Systems app that contained hardcoded password

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A vulnerability in a smart access control system used in thousands of U.S. rental homes went unfixed for years because Chirp Systems, the company that makes the system, ignored requests to fix the flaw. U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA went public with a security advisory last month saying that the phone apps developed by Chirp, which

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