Cybersecurity

cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

10,637 readers

1,303 active

240 users here now

c/cybersecurity is a community centered on the cybersecurity and information security profession. You can come here to discuss news, post something interesting, or just chat with others.

THE RULES

Instance Rules

Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
No Ads / Spamming.
No pornography.

Community Rules

Idk, keep it semi-professional?
Nothing illegal. We're all ethical here.
Rules will be added/redefined as necessary.

If you ask someone to hack your "friends" socials you're just going to get banned so don't do that.

Learn about hacking

Hack the Box

Try Hack Me

Pico Capture the flag

Other security-related communities !databreaches@lemmy.zip !netsec@lemmy.world !securitynews@infosec.pub !cybersecurity@infosec.pub !pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

Notable mention to !cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world

founded 3 years ago

moderators

kid@sh.itjust.works

Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social

WhatsApp, Signal, untraceable security risk (www.techradar.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Spot@startrek.website to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Three billion WhatsApp users are at risk - an expert has developed a tool that could spy on everyone, and you would never know about it

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 1 point 9 months ago

Very simplified: assume you send somebody a signal messages every second and observe the timing of the "delivered" icon. They do the same but the messages are invisible and they time the icon very exactly.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent