Security News

Phones are selling location data from “trusted” apps
2018-12-12 11:55

Data brokers are tracking 200 million mobile devices in the US, updating locations up to 14,000 times a day, the New York Times has found.

Nice phone account you have there - shame if something were to happen to it. Samsung fixes ID-theft flaws
2018-12-10 20:41

If Artem Moskowsky owes you money, its a good time to ask A recently-patched set of flaws in Samsung's mobile site was leaving users open to account theft.…

Google Maps scammers put their own phone numbers onto bank listings
2018-11-27 12:39

Once they get victims on the phone, the crooks get their account PINs and CVV numbers for debit/credit cards and then drain their accounts.

His phone went dark, then $1m was sucked out in SIM-swap crypto-heist
2018-11-26 12:00

A 21-year-old allegedly SIM-swapped Silicon Valley execs’ phones to steal cryptocurrency, including one man's $1m tuition fund for his kids.

Could have sworn I deleted that photo from my phone! [PODCAST]
2018-11-16 22:49

This week: hacking phones at Pwn2Own, the brand new SophosLabs Threat report, and squeezing Shakespeare into one tweet. Enjoy!

0-Days Found in iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9, Xiaomi Mi6 Phones
2018-11-15 11:48

At Pwn2Own 2018 mobile hacking competition held in Tokyo on November 13-14, white hat hackers once again demonstrated that even the fully patched smartphones running the latest version of software...

Microsoft update breaks Calendar and Mail on Windows 10 phones
2018-11-14 10:57

Still reeling from last week's Windows 10 Pro debacle, Microsoft dropped a fresh pile of “Oops!” onto Windows 10 Mobile users.

Google's secret to a healthy phone? Remote-controlling your apps
2018-11-09 20:09

Look Ma, no not much malware! Google has claimed to have cut Android malware by half.…

258,000 encrypted IronChat phone messages cracked by police
2018-11-09 11:53

They expect to cuff hundreds of criminals who used the pricey phones, which were sold with the crypto app preinstalled.

Phone companies slammed for lousy robocall efforts
2018-11-08 12:22

By this time next year, says Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC wants to see an anti-robocall system on consumers' phones - or else.