Security News

Smart TVs are spying on you through your phone
2018-07-09 12:42

Smart TVs in millions of homes are using other devices on the same network in order to snitch on everything you watch and everywhere you go.

Welsh firm fined £60k for pummelling phones with 270k pay-day loan texts
2018-07-06 13:46

STS Commercial you're fined: Pay b4 August GET 20% off A Welsh firm has been handed a £60,000 fine for spamming more than 270,000 pay-day loan texts around Christmas 2016.…

SIM card in bird’s GPS tracker used to rack up $2,700 phone bill
2018-07-06 11:03

Researchers assumed the bird was dead when its GPS signal stopped moving. A few weeks later the team received a giant phone bill.

Ex-NSO Employee Caught Selling Stolen Phone Hacking Tool For $50 Million
2018-07-05 19:48

A former employee of one of the world's most powerful hacking companies NSO Group has been arrested and charged with stealing phone hacking tools from the company and trying to sell it for $50...

Here's how to stop Android apps from stealing and sharing your phone data
2018-07-05 14:29

Several Android apps can share image and video data with third parties without your knowledge. Here's how to prevent that.

Samsung phones sending photos to contacts without permission
2018-07-04 12:29

At least two Samsung smartphone models have reportedly spontaneously started sending photographs to contacts without being asked to do so.

How to stop your Samsung phone from randomly texting photos to your contacts
2018-07-03 12:15

User reports indicate the Samsung Messages app on Galaxy S9, S9+, and Note 8 is sending photos via MMS to random contacts.

That'll learn ya! Data watchdog spanks two Brit phone botherers
2018-06-28 11:15

Our Vault Ltd fined £70k and Horizon Windows scolded over unsolicited marketing calls Two nuisance callers were today named and shamed – only one was fined – by the UK's data watchdog for illegal...

Supreme Court Bolsters Mobile-Phone Privacy Rights
2018-06-22 17:40

Supreme Court decision requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant to gain access to cellphone records for tracking citizens.

World Cup: US Spy Warns Russians Will Hack Phones, Computers
2018-06-13 22:43

A top US intelligence official warned football fans traveling to Russia for the World Cup that their phones and computers could be hacked by Moscow's cyber spies. William Evanina, Director of the...