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Facebook will now support passkeys, the next-generation password standard, according to a statement made by Meta Platforms on Wednesday. According to a post by the IT giant, passkeys are a new method of identity verification and account login that is simpler and more secure than standard passwords. It is anticipated that passkey support will be accessible "soon" for iOS and Android smartphones. In the upcoming months, the feature will also be added to its Messenger platform. According to the business, passkeys can also be used to automatically fill up payment details when using Meta Pay to make transactions. In October 2023, Meta released passkey compatibility for WhatsApp on Android, and a few months later, in April 2024, for iOS. When it intends to introduce passkeys to Instagram ...

According to a recent Amnesty International investigation, a zero-day exploit created by Cellebrite was used to unlock the Android phone of a 23-year-old youth activist from Serbia. According to the international non-governmental organization Cellebrite, a sophisticated zero-day exploit chain that targeted Android USB drivers was used to exploit and unlock the Android phone of one student protester. Traces of the exploit were found in a different case in the middle of 2024. This vulnerability is CVE-2024-53104 (CVSS score: 7.8), which is a case of privilege escalation in the USB Video Class (UVC) driver, a kernel component. In December 2024, a patch for the Linux kernel was made available read more about Amnesty Finds Cellebrite's Zero-Day Used to Unlock Serbian Activist's Android P...

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Amnesty Finds Cellebrite’s Zero-Day Used to Unlock Serbian Activist’s Android Phone