Security News

Majority of Simjacker Attacks Aimed at Mobile Phones in Mexico
2019-10-14 12:50

Researchers believe hundreds of millions of SIM cards may be vulnerable to Simjacker attacks after determining that the targeted technology, despite being very old, is still used by at least 61...

Analysis: Twitter's Phone Number Repurposing 'Mistake'
2019-10-11 05:33

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes Twitter's repurposing of user phone numbers for targeted advertising. Plus: A discussion of 5G security issues and findings of the Internet...

Twitter used 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising
2019-10-10 11:44

Twitter may have “inadvertently” handed phone and email data from some users to advertisers as part of its Tailored Audiences system that targets users’ feeds with ads.

Twitter Apologizes for Repurposing Phone Numbers
2019-10-09 14:04

Phone Numbers Provided for Security Were Used for Targeted AdvertisingTwitter apologized on Tuesday for repurposing phone numbers provided by users for security features for use in targeted...

Twitter 2FA phone numbers “inadvertently” used for advertising purposes
2019-10-09 12:13

Twitter’s Support account published the following announcement on Tuesday: We recently found that some email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security may have been used...

Twitter Uses Phone Numbers, Emails to Sell Ads
2019-10-09 11:25

Data collected for two-factor authentication purposes “inadvertently” matched users to targeted-advertising lists, the company admits.

You Gave Your Phone Number to Twitter for Security and Twitter Used it for Ads
2019-10-09 09:04

After exposing private tweets, plaintext passwords, and personal information for hundreds of thousands of its users, here is a new security blunder social networking company Twitter admitted...

Twitter Admits Phone Numbers Meant for Security Used for Ads
2019-10-08 23:45

Twitter on Tuesday apologized after "inadvertently" using phone numbers and email addresses for advertising even though the personal data was provided for account security. Twitter users' phone...

Zero-Day Used in the Wild Impacts Pixel 2, Other Android Phones
2019-10-04 12:41

Fully patched Pixel 2 devices, even those running Android 10 preview, are impacted by a vulnerability that has already been abused in attacks, a Google Project Zero security researcher has...

New 0-Day Flaw Affecting Most Android Phones Being Exploited in the Wild
2019-10-04 09:19

Another day, another revelation of a critical unpatched zero-day vulnerability, this time in the world's most widely used mobile operating system, Android. What's more? The Android zero-day...