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Funnily enough, no, infosec bods aren't mad keen on W. Virginia's vote-by-phone-app plan
2018-08-07 22:15

Mobile ballots dubbed 'horrific', blockchain reliance questioned The US state of West Virginia plans to allow some of its citizens to vote in this year's midterm elections via a smartphone app –...

Battle lines drawn over US mass surveillance as senators probe NSA's bonfire of phone records
2018-08-06 22:34

Ding! Ding! Round three in blanket spying bout Analysis A fight has begun over another of the US government's mass surveillance systems – with two Senators raising questions about an unusual data...

BlackBerry claims it can do to ransomware what Apple did to its phones
2018-08-06 18:48

Workspaces' time machine promises to make quick work of extortionists Black Hat While ransomware continues to extort factories, hospitals, schools, businesses, and ordinary netizens, BlackBerry...

Bluetooth Bug Allows Man-in-the-Middle Attacks on Phones, Laptops
2018-07-24 18:03

A high-severity flaw could result in attackers intercepting information, elevation of privilege and/or denial of service.

The 10 airports where your phone is most likely to get hacked
2018-07-18 13:44

Certain US airports contain Wi-Fi network risks that could put your devices and company data in danger, according to a Coronet report.

Guy jailed for refusing to unlock phones
2018-07-17 11:10

The phones are new, he said, and he can't remember the passcodes.

Bizarre mobile attack in India uses MDM to target only 13 phones
2018-07-16 13:04

A highly targeted campaign against 13 iPhones used an open source mobile device management system to control devices, according to Cisco Talos.

Cisco Patches High Risk Flaws in StarOS, IP Phone
2018-07-13 13:45

Cisco this week released a set of security patches to address several vulnerabilities in its products, including High risk issues impacting StarOS and 6800, 7800, and 8800 Series IP Phones. read more

Cisco Patches High-Severity Bug in VoIP Phones
2018-07-12 16:02

Cisco also patched three medium-security flaws in its network security offerings; and, it issued a fix for a high-severity bug in its platform for mobile operator routers, StarOS.

Your Google phone will soon screen nuisance calls
2018-07-12 11:34

Google is reportedly adding a new feature to its phone app that will breathe a sigh of relief to beleaguered phone users everywhere: Built-in screening for nuisance callers.