Security News

Personal Data Sharing by Mobile Apps (Schneier on Security)
2015-11-13 12:08

Interesting research: "Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps," by Jinyan Zang, Krysta Dummit, James Graves, Paul Lisker, and...

Chinese Mobile Ad Library Backdoored to Spy on iOS Devices (Threatpost)
2015-11-04 16:00

Versions of a popular Chinese mobile ad library have been backdoored with capabilities that can be used to surreptitiously record audio and steal data stored on thousands of iOS devices.