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Update WhatsApp now! One call could give spies access to your phone
2019-05-14 11:51

A WhatsApp zero-day has allowed an “advanced cyber actor” to successfully install spyware on victims' phones with no more than a phone call.

Hackers Used WhatsApp 0-Day Flaw to Secretly Install Spyware On Phones
2019-05-14 06:18

Whatsapp has recently patched a severe vulnerability that was being exploited by attackers to remotely install surveillance malware on a few "selected" smartphones by simply calling the targeted...

It's 2019 and a WhatsApp call can hack a phone: Zero-day exploit infects mobes with spyware
2019-05-14 01:18

Rap for surveillanceware chaps in chat app voice yap trap flap – now everyone patch A security flaw in WhatsApp can be, and has been, exploited to inject spyware into victims' smartphones: all a...

GoTrustID releases a smart phone alternative to USB FIDO Key
2019-05-13 00:30

GoTrustID announced that it is the first company to offer a smart phone alternative to USB FIDO Key authentication for FIDO 2-step login used by many of the most popular cloud applications...

Lax Telco Security Allows Mobile Phone Hijacking and Redirects
2019-05-08 17:14

A Q&A with Kaspersky Lab researcher David Jacoby examines a gaping hole in the telco customer-service process that allows adversaries to commandeer phone calls.

From Docker Hub hack to Facebook's burglar-friendly API to phone fingerprint bypasses...
2019-04-30 01:21

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Cops need warrant for both location history and phone pinging, says judge
2019-04-29 10:57

It's one of the first location data privacy cases to grapple with the warrant and surveillance implications of the Carpenter decision.

NSA asks to end mass phone surveillance
2019-04-26 10:47

The NSA has asked the White House to end its mass phone surveillance program because the work involved outweighs its intelligence value.

NSA: That ginormous effort to slurp up Americans' phone records that Snowden exposed? Ehhh, we don't need that no more
2019-04-26 00:31

An attack of conscience or have the super-snoops got something better now? The NSA's mass-logging of people's phone calls and text messages, at home and abroad – a surveillance program introduced...

Phone fingerprint scanner fooled by chewing gum packet
2019-04-23 14:41

A video has surfaced claiming to show someone unlocking a Nokia 9 by tapping a gum packet against the fingerprint scanner.