Security News

Phone tracking service LocationSmart exposed API, allowing anyone to track you
2018-05-18 12:46

An unsecured API used in a product demo can be exploited by attackers to track phone locations without the consent of end users.

LocationDumb: phone tracker foul-up exposes world+dog to tracking
2018-05-18 00:03

Securus wasted its money: the data was just sitting there The parade of bad privacy news this week has managed to get even worse, as one of the companies associated with the selling of phone...

Police phone tracking firm hacked, passwords leaked thanks to weak hashing
2018-05-17 14:52

Securus, which tracks phones for police, was using the MD5 algorithm to hash stored passwords.

Accessing Cell Phone Location Information
2018-05-16 11:16

The New York Times is reporting about a company called Securus Technologies that gives police the ability to track cell phone locations without a warrant: The service can find the whereabouts of...

Prison phone service can expose the location of anyone with a phone
2018-05-15 11:06

The system requires that you have legal authority to use it, but doesn't check

2 million lines of source code left exposed by phone company EE
2018-05-14 11:22

What should be secret AWS and API keys were (un)secured with the default password credentials: "admin" as the name, "admin" for a password.

The WhatsApp text bomb – no, it won’t destroy your phone!
2018-05-10 11:56

"Text bomb, text bomb, WhatsApp text bomb, you can crash my application when I want to get things done."

iOS 11.4 will block data sent on USB connections if the phone is locked for 7 days
2018-05-09 15:31

In a change possibly targeted at law enforcement, Apple is changing iOS to disable the USB port after a device is idle for seven days, and only a user unlock can reverse it.

NSA sought data on 534 MILLION phone calls in 2017
2018-05-07 13:02

Compared to 151 million in 2016, perhaps due to dupes rather than spy boom The United States’ Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its annual Intelligence Community...

U.S. Military Bans Huawei, ZTE Phones
2018-05-05 03:21

Personnel on US military bases can no longer buy phones and other gear manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, after the Pentagon said the devices pose an "unacceptable" security risk....