Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:13:08 +0000
Researchers have created an attack called Spearphone that uses the motion sensors in Android phones to listen to phone calls, interactions with your voice assistant, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XizfSFAizIQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:24:56 +0000
Ever bypassed a website paywall using a browser’s privacy mode? It was once a simple hack, however, it no longer works for most websites.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7mBVTCcCHZk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:06:34 +0000
Jeff and Dave discuss the $5 billion fine for Facebook, Google Home listening ,and more.
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Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 05:10:14 +0000
Siete utenti iOS, ma avete un telefono Android di riserva da qualche parte? Ora potete usarlo come chiave di accesso sicuro per i servizi online<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/0eKO_xq0XdQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:47:00 -0700
Ready for the mobile security news that IT doesn’t want to hear about but needs to? When security firm Positive Technologies started pen-testing various mobile apps, security holes were rampant.
We’ll plunge into the details momentarily, but here’s the upshot: “High-risk vulnerabilities were found in 38 percent of mobile applications for iOS and in 43 percent of Android applications” and “most cases are caused by weaknesses in security mechanisms — 74 percent and 57 percent for iOS and Android apps, respectively, and 42 percent for server-side components — because such vulnerabilities creep in during the design stage, fixing them requires significant changes to code.”
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:24:29 +0000
Earlier this month, Google disclosed that a supply chain attack by one of its vendors resulted in malicious software being pre-installed on millions of new budget Android devices. Google didn’t exactly name those responsible, but said it believes the offending vendor uses the nicknames “Yehuo” or “Blazefire.” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware.
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:42:41 +0000
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Read moreCredit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:00:51 +0000
Scammers are using Google Calendar, Photos, Drive, and other services to distribute spam. Here’s how it works.
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