Security News
Sensitive data pertaining to the customers of top mobile services providers in the European Union is at risk of compromise due to improperly secured websites, data security and privacy firm Tala reveals. An analysis of the websites of 13 of the top mobile telecom companies in the EU has revealed that none of them has in place even the minimum necessary protections to be considered secure.
Mobile device-tracking by Apple and Google take center stage in a report revealing that, despite both allowing users to opt out of sharing telemetry data - they do anyway. The research, entitled Mobile Handset Privacy: Measuring The Data iOS and Android Send to Apple And Google, also found that Google collects up to 20 times more data from its Android Pixel users compared to the amount of data that Apple collects from iOS users.
Zimperium announced that it is collaborating with Oracle to offer Zimperium's mobile threat defense solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The two companies are working together to help enterprises around the world combat advanced mobile threats.
IDEMIA and Cybernetica partner up to offer governments and other interested parties a new two-in-one digital ID solution. This partnership increases value for eService providers and citizens by offering strong mobile authentication and digital signatures.
ADVA announced that Proximus is leveraging its Oscilloquartz timing technology to synchronize Belgium's largest open mobile network. The deployment enables Proximus to improve speed, coverage and reliability for millions of mobile users throughout Belgium, while also preparing its network for next-generation services.
Social media and advertising giant Facebook today announced that it is now allowing mobile users to secure their accounts with the help of security keys. Available for Facebook's desktop users since 2017, the authentication method requires that the user confirm authentication requests with the help of a physical security key.
Twitter has added support for multiple security keys to accounts with two-factor authentication enabled for logging into the social network's web interface and mobile apps. "Secure your account with multiple security keys," Twitter said.
A new UK law will explicitly authorise the "Voluntary" slurping of data from mobile phones of crime suspects and witnesses. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which was introduced to Parliament this week, contains clauses that will allow police and others to extract data from mobile phones if the user "Voluntarily" hands the device over.
Firefox Total Cookie Protection comprehensively partitions cookies and other site data between websites. Mozilla has added Total Cookie Protection to both the desktop and mobile versions of its browser, though the feature isn't enabled by default.
Thousands of mobile applications expose user data through insecurely implemented cloud containers, according to a new report from security vendor Zimperium. Some of the analyzed apps would leak their entire cloud infrastructure scripts, SSH keys, web server config files, installation files, or passwords.