Security News

Phone Farming for Ad Fraud
2019-08-06 11:20

Interesting article on people using banks of smartphones to commit ad fraud for profit. No one knows how prevalent ad fraud is on the Internet. I believe it is surprisingly high -- here's an...

Your Android Phone Can Get Hacked Just By Playing This Video
2019-07-25 18:49

Are you using an Android device? Beware! You should be more careful while playing a video on your smartphone—downloaded anywhere from the Internet or received through email. That's because, a...

Four Arrested Over Hacking of Brazil Justice Minister's Phone
2019-07-23 23:12

Brazilian federal police arrested four people Tuesday over the hacking of cell phones belonging to Justice Minister Sergio Moro and prosecutors involved in a massive corruption probe. read more

Popular Samsung, LG Android Phones Open to ‘Spearphone’ Eavesdropping
2019-07-23 16:49

A Spearphone attacker can use the accelerometer in LG and Samsung phones to remotely eavesdrop on any audio that's played on speakerphone, including calls, music and voice assistant responses.

Israel's NSO Group: Our malware? Slurp your cloud backups plus phone data? They've misunderstood
2019-07-19 17:00

After report claimed its sales pitches boasted of doing that Israeli spyware firm NSO Group has denied it developed malware that can steal user data from cloud services run by Amazon, Apple,...

Agent Smith Malware Infects 25M Android Phones to Push Rogue Ads
2019-07-10 13:56

Researchers say malware infects phones in order to sneak ads on devices for profit.

China's Border Guards Secretly Installing Spyware App on Tourists' Phones
2019-07-03 08:18

Chinese authorities are secretly installing surveillance apps on smartphones of foreigners at border crossings in the Xinjiang region who are entering from neighboring Kyrgyzstan, an international...

We are shocked to learn that China, an oppressive surveillance state, puts spyware on foreigners' phones
2019-07-02 19:55

Border police accused of loading visitors' mobiles up with snoop app in Muslim area Authorities in a tumultuous region of China have been accused of loading spyware onto the phones of people visiting.…

Presidential Phone Alerts Can Be Spoofed, Researchers Say
2019-06-26 16:55

Presidential Alerts that all modern cell phones in the United States are required to receive and display as part of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) program can be spoofed, researchers have...

Android phones can now be security keys for iOS devices
2019-06-14 10:48

Hey, iOS users. Got a spare Android phone lying around? Now, you can use it as a secure access key for online services.