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Mobile phone maker BLU Products this week reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that software in its devices collected users’ personal information. read more
The practice doesn't require a warrant but it left relatives feeling "disrespected and violated."
Biometric authentication may be more convenient than passwords, and harder for hackers to duplicate, but how much protection does it offer from the law?
How do fully-maintained (i.e., patched) Android phones end up getting exploited? Searching for an answer to that question spurred security researchers to analyze thousands of Android firmwares for...
Android ecosystem is highly broken when it comes to security, and device manufacturers (better known as OEMs) make it even worse by not providing critical patches in time. According to a new...
Although Android device manufacturers are claiming their devices are completely up to date, researchers found that, for some OEMs, patches are secretly missing.
Security researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered variants of a new Android Trojan that are being distributed in the wild disguising as a fake anti-virus application, dubbed "Naver Defender."...
Lack of regulation and records risks abuse, says charity Cops should need a search warrant to slurp information from peoples' phones, Privacy International has said as it calls for a government...
US Homeland Security says it detected 'anomalous' spy kit The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has detected strange fake cellphone towers – known as IMSI catchers – in America's capital.…
Security researchers have discovered a massive continuously growing malware campaign that has already infected nearly 5 million mobile devices worldwide. Dubbed RottenSys, the malware that...