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Your printer may be a security risk, warns Canon

Aug 1, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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Canon has warned that your desktop printer might pose a security risk in the event that you wish to dispose of it. They say that the standard deletion process that wipes your home or business WiFi login data may sometimes not happen.

While the risks for most home users probably isn’t a big deal, it is a potential issue or businesses who want to safeguard their network. Canon has issued a long list of affected printers but has also offered a solution.

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I was almost robbed in my own home – beware the new scam targeting photographers

I was almost robbed in my own home - beware the new scam targeting photographers

Feb 24, 2023 by Richard 14 Comments
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There are a lot of scammers targetting photographers, it seems like. I’ve been lucky enough not to have been affected by these, until recently. There is a new scam aimed at photographers selling their used equipment, and I almost fell for it. I want to get the word out so that you know what to watch out for and don’t fall victim to these people.

I’ve been selling a bit of photography equipment on Facebook Marketplace, and so far, I’ve never had an issue. However, a fellow photographer friend of mine had a terrible experience where he had a camera stolen via a fairly sophisticated con. I didn’t believe he could have fallen for it, until it almost happened to me.

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Facebook sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users through their cameras

Sep 19, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Facebook Inc. has recently been sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users through their phone cameras. According to some reports, Instagram was accessing people’s cameras even when they weren’t actively using the app.

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Google and Samsung confirm massive Android Camera exploit affecting “hundreds of millions” of users

Nov 20, 2019 by John Aldred 7 Comments
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There’s been constant paranoia about the cameras in smartphones for as long as smartphones have had cameras. Can somebody hack into your phone, turn on your camera and watch? Or record? Well, it turns out that yes, they can. At least, they can if you’re one of the potentially “hundreds of millions” of Android users on a Google or Samsung smartphone.

The issue was first discovered (at least, publicly) by the security research team at Checkmarx. They say that after a detailed analysis of the Google Camera app in the Pixel 3, they found a way to manipulate certain code to take control of the camera to shoot photos or record videos, even when the phone was locked with the screen off, and without the user knowing.

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Facebook fixes bug on iOS app that opened your iPhone’s camera in the background

Nov 15, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Earlier this week, iPhone users noticed a worrying bug in the Facebook app on their phones. As they would watch videos in their feed, the app would open the camera in the background. Facebook reacted after a number of reports, and the company says that the bug has now been fixed.

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Facebook bug secretly activates your iPhone camera as you scroll the News Feed

Nov 13, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 30 Comments
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iPhone users have noticed a pretty worrying and creepy bug while using Facebook on their phones. It seems that the app was accessing the camera while they were watching videos or looking at photos on their News Feed. A number of users noticed a glitch and then discovered that their camera had been running in the background without their knowledge.

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Over 30 Canon DSLR, Mirrorless and compact camera models found vulnerable to ransomware

Aug 13, 2019 by John Aldred 4 Comments
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Canon has issued a global security advisory relating to Canon digital cameras which feature the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) communication system. It’s a pretty long list of 32 cameras, including popular DSLRs like the 5D Mark III, 5D Mark IV, 6D and 6D Mark II, as well as their full-frame mirrorless cameras, the EOS R and EOS RP.

The vulnerability was discovered by Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. They used information from the Magic Lantern forums in order to open up the firmware and uncover the flaws.

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Instagram will soon make it easier to recover your hacked account

Jun 18, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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With major password leaks we’ve recently seen, there’s an increased chance that your Instagram account will be hacked. In case this happens, Instagram has just introduced a new, easier way to recover your account.

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Millions of private photographs leaked in Ricoh Theta360 data breach

Jun 6, 2019 by John Aldred 2 Comments
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vpnMentor reports that its research team discovered that Theta360’s photo-sharing platform has suffered something of a pretty major data breach. The leak, they say, has exposed at least 11 million public and private photographs on the system.

They say that while most personal information was not released, usernames, first and last names along with the captions were exposed in the database alongside the images. Images that many users had chosen to keep private.

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Facebook confirms that a recent password leak affected millions of Instagram users

Apr 21, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Last month, Facebook and Instagram were hit by a major bug that exposed users’ passwords as plain text. Facebook has now confirmed that even more users were affected than it was initially estimated: and they are counted in millions.

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