It Wasn’t Just You: Apple Took Steps To Block Access to iMessage Using Fake Credentials

In the latest chapter of blue bubbles versus green bubbles, Apple has blocked access to iMessage from credentials masquerading as Apple in order to protect its customers, the company told CNET on Saturday evening. This comes after companies like Beeper and Nothing released Android apps that had provided a workaround. The iPhone maker said that … Read more

Your mobile password manager might be exposing your credentials

A number of popular mobile password managers are inadvertently spilling user credentials due to a vulnerability in the autofill functionality of Android apps. The vulnerability, dubbed “AutoSpill,” can expose users’ saved credentials from mobile password managers by circumventing Android’s secure autofill mechanism, according to university researchers at the IIIT Hyderabad, who discovered the vulnerability and … Read more

This new camera has Content Credentials built-in as a response to AI-generated images

Adobe/Leica With the rise of AI-generated images, distinguishing between fabricated and authentic images is increasingly difficult. The camera manufacturer Leica is attempting to combat that issue with the release of its latest camera, the Leica M11-P.  On Thursday, Leica dropped the Leica M11-P, the world’s first camera to have Content Credentials built-in, which enables a … Read more

Brazil touts climate credentials — but criticized over oil bet

Burnt trees are seen after illegal fires were lit by farmers in Manaquiri, Amazonas state, on September 6, 2023. Michael Dantas | Afp | Getty Images Brazil’s first-ever minister for indigenous peoples says South America’s largest country is seeking to swiftly restore its climate credibility and prevent the Amazon from hitting a calamitous tipping point. … Read more