Security News

Cell Phone Security and Heads of State
2018-10-30 11:38

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump's personal cell phone and using the information gleaned to better...

Google Will Charge Android Phone Makers to Use Its Apps In Europe
2018-10-17 09:18

Would you prefer purchasing an Android device that doesn't have any apps or services from Google? No Google Maps, No Gmail, No YouTube! And NOT even the Google Play Store—from where you could have...

How a WhatsApp call could have taken over your phone
2018-10-10 14:36

A WhatsApp buffer overflow that crashed your phone due to audio data sent by a caller meant that just answering a call could spell trouble.

WhatsApp patches potentially huge phone-to-pwn security bug
2018-10-09 22:56

Memory corruption flaw present in Android, iOS builds WhatsApp has patched a vulnerability it its smartphone code that would allow an attacker to crash a target's app simply by placing a call.…

Phantom Secure CEO sold encrypted phones to drug cartels
2018-10-08 10:30

The CEO of “uncrackable” phone seller, Phantom Secure, has pleaded guilty to helping drug sellers keep their business locked away from the eyes of law enforcement.

Cop charged with selling phone tracking service on dark web
2018-10-04 10:07

A French police officer has been charged with using police intelligence data to power a mobile phone tracking service sold via the dark web.

Facebook Is Using Your Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number to Target Advertising
2018-10-02 10:53

From Kashmir Hill: Facebook is not content to use the contact information you willingly put into your Facebook profile for advertising. It is also using contact information you handed over for...

Facebook Admits Phone Numbers May be Used to Target Ads
2018-09-28 12:25

Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security. read more

Robocallers slapped with huge fines for using spoofed phone numbers
2018-09-28 11:30

One poor woman whose phone number was hijacked by robocallers got several calls a day from irate consumers who thought she was trying to market to them.

Cryptojacking – coming to a server-laptop-phone near you (and how to stop it)
2018-09-27 14:58

Cryptomining apps were banned from the Play Store some time ago - but that hasn't stopped the crooks getting cryptojackers past Google...