Certain MediaTek phones contain a dangerous debug backdoor
MediaTek may not be on the short list of SoC companies whose chips you seek out when buying a new phone, but the company’s latest components have delivered some solidRead More →
MediaTek may not be on the short list of SoC companies whose chips you seek out when buying a new phone, but the company’s latest components have delivered some solidRead More →
The British branch of the HSBC bank has suffered for the second time in a month a cyber attack that brought its services offline. It’s happened again, HSBC customers were notRead More →
The APT group behind the attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine is spreading BlackEnergy malware through specially crafted Word documents. Malicious campaigns leveraging the BlackEnergy malware are targeting energy and ICS/SCADARead More →
Short Bytes: Tor Browser 5.5 is the first stable release in the 5.5 series of Tor. It is released for all the supported operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS XRead More →
Much information from our private and work related lives is stored in our smart phones. Losing a device or getting it stolen can be disastrous, way beyond the monetary loss. Apple has a niftyRead More →
Hackers can hack LG G3 smartphones using SNAP vulnerability in Smart Notice App. Security researchers from BugSec and Cynet have discovered a critical vulnerability in LG G3 smartphones which can allowRead More →
Facebook patched the issue in about six hours. British security researcher Jack Whitton has identified a critical XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability on Facebook that could be leveraged via malicious PNG imagesRead More →
THE GOVERNMENT’S USE of a controversial invasive technology for tracking phones just got a little more controversial. The Anaheim Police Department has acknowledged in new documents that it uses surveillanceRead More →
WhatsApp also adds option to share data with Facebook. Version 3.0 of the WhatsApp mobile messaging application will be sporting two new features, one that will bolster the its security andRead More →
Android.Lockdroid.E poses as a porn app and tricks users into giving it admin rights. Almost 67 percent of Android devices are at risk. Symantec has found an Android ransomware variantRead More →