Phones

Malware found pre-installed in cheap push-button mobile phones sold in Russia

A Russian security researcher that goes online with the name of ValdikSS has found malware preinstalled in four low-budget push-button… Read More

3 years ago

White House to tackle cyber challenges with Apple, IBM, insurance CEOs

It comes as Congress weighs new legislation concerning data breach notification laws and cybersecurity insurance industry regulation, historically viewed as… Read More

3 years ago

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to join executives at White House cybersecurity meeting

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Satya Nadella will also attend the White House cybersecurity event,… Read More

3 years ago

A 5G Shortcut Leaves Phones Exposed to Stingray Surveillance

Even if your phone says is connected to the 5G wireless standard, you may not actually be getting all of… Read More

3 years ago

GPRS-era mobile data encryption algorithm GEA/1 was 'weak by design', still lingers in today's phones

According to European researchers, the GEA/1 encryption algorithm used by GPRS phones in the 1990s was seemingly designed to be… Read More

3 years ago

Latest phones are great at thwarting Wi-Fi tracking. Other devices, not so much – study

While the paper indicates that mobile phones have become better at implementing MAC address randomization, it also highlights the lack… Read More

3 years ago

40% of all Android Phones Affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon Vulnerability

 Security scientists who believe that a weakness that can be used to insert malicious code mostly on mobile by using… Read More

3 years ago

Contact-tracing apps: Android phones were leaking sensitive data, find researchers

Hundreds of third-party apps in Android devices were given access to sensitive data logged by contact-tracing apps built on Google… Read More

3 years ago

PARETO Botnet Utilized Hacked Android Phones To Generate Fake Ad Views

Researchers have shared details of a new botnet dubbed ‘PARETO’ that exploited hacked Android devices… PARETO Botnet Utilized Hacked Android… Read More

3 years ago

Two WhatsApp Vulnerabilities Could Allow Stealing Sensitive Data, Hacking Phones

Heads up, WhatsApp users! Two separate vulnerabilities in WhatsApp could potentially expose sensitive user data… Two WhatsApp Vulnerabilities Could Allow… Read More

3 years ago

Hackers Deploy Malware To Gigaset Android Phones With Malicious Update

Gigaset Android phones have become a victim of a serious supply-chain attack. Reports reveal that… Hackers Deploy Malware To Gigaset… Read More

3 years ago

Gigaset Android phones infected with malware

The German device maker Gigaset was the victim of supply chain attack and threat actors compromised at least one server… Read More

3 years ago

Emails and Mobile Phones Become Top Phishing Tools

In the case of email-based phishing methods, scammers are taking their game up a notch as they open avenues for… Read More

3 years ago

Verizon Says You Need To Turn Off 5G To Save Your Phone’s Battery

Verizon, one of the early companies to adopt 5G technology in the U.S., on Sunday tweeted advising people to turn… Read More

3 years ago

Wifi-Password – Quickly Fetch Your WiFi Password And If Needed, Generate A QR Code Of Your WiFi To Allow Phones To Easily Connect

Quickly fetch your WiFi password and if needed, generate a QR code of your WiFi to allow phones to easily… Read More

3 years ago

Older Android phones will start failing on some secure websites in 2021 | ZDNet

Let's Encrypt's authentic root certificate, which relied on a cross-signature from IdenTrust, "DST Root X3," will expire on September 1,… Read More

4 years ago