Security News

Egyptian government caught tracking opponents and activists through phone apps
2019-10-04 04:59

Intelligence services developed system, says security outfit The Egyptian government has been targeting and tracking citizens in a sophisticated spying program that allows it to read emails, log...

Just Sending a GIF via WhatsApp Could Have Hacked Your Android Phone
2019-10-03 08:48

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a GIF is worth a thousand pictures. Today, the short looping clips, GIFs are everywhere—on your social media, on your message boards, on your chats,...

Prey’s new capability locks and alarms laptops, phones and tablets during non-use hours
2019-09-24 02:00

Prey, provider of the cross-platform, open source anti-theft software that protects more than eight million mobile devices, announced Scheduled Automations, a new capability available to...

Could EarEcho change the way we authenticate our phones?
2019-09-23 10:09

Researchers have discovered a way to use wireless earbuds as a biometric authentication system.

HP printer small print says kit phones home data on whatever you print – and then some
2019-09-17 15:25

Security engineer actually reads privacy policy to his horror Hewlett-Packard Inc's printers don't just slurp the contents of your wallet at a frightening rate. They also guzzle a surprising...

Robocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day
2019-09-17 11:24

According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.

Simjacker silent phone hack could affect a billion users
2019-09-16 11:24

The shadowy world of phone-surveillance-for-hire became a little clearer last week following the discovery of a phone exploit called Simjacker.

Simjacker: SIM Card Attack Used to Spy on Mobile Phone Users
2019-09-12 15:49

Researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security, a firm that specializes in cyber telecoms security, have disclosed a new SIM card attack method that could work against over 1 billion mobile phones, and...

New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
2019-09-12 12:04

Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of a new and previously undetected critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones...

Error-laden phone location data suspended from use in Danish courts
2019-09-12 10:10

10,700 cases will be reviewed over 2 months, and 32 detainees have already been released after finding bugs in software and raw telecom data.