VibraPhone attack turns smartphones into listening devices. Two researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have devised a method for turning vibration motors, like the ones found in smartphones, intoRead More →
If it can happen to her, chances are it can happen to lots of people. In a scenario that’s growing increasingly common, the chief technologist of the US Federal Trade CommissionRead More →
Security experts are warning owners of Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle that their cars can be hacked via the automobile’s on-board WiFi network used for remote control of keyRead More →
Russia plans to leave Apple, Android behind by building its own smartphone software. Russia wants to create its own smartphone operating system in an effort to reduce its dependence on WesternRead More →
Yesterday, FORBES published a profile of a $20 million spy service that exploits weaknesses in a critical piece of telecoms networks known as SS7, short for Signalling System No. 7. The companyRead More →
Android banking and ad-fraud Trojans leverage ideas found in GitHub-hosted open source projects and use the UsageStats API to bypass Android 5.0 and 6.0 security enhancements. As we have discussedRead More →
With just a few million dollars and a phone number, you can snoop on any call or text that phone makes – no matter where you are or where theRead More →
Targets multiple banks and WhatsApp users. During a regular hunt for malware, our researchers came across an interesting malicious Android app that portrayed itself as an online app for the reputable Russian bankRead More →
WhatsApp users being lured into downloading WhatsApp Gold, an information stealing malware App. If you are one of the billions using the hugely popular cross-platform messaging App, WhatsApp, you may haveRead More →
Last week, Gal Beniamini, @laginimaineb published a series of blog posts discussing a chain of exploits that would allow an attacker to take total control of an Android phone byRead More →
