Security News

How the US Secret Service Breaks into Smart Phones (Schneier on Security)
2017-02-03 16:39

Here's an article about the US Secret Service and their Cell Phone Forensics Facility in Tulsa. I said it before and I'll say it again: the FBI needs technical expertise, not back doors....

Security Risks of the President's Android Phone (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-26 13:06

Reports are that President Trump is still using his old Android phone. There are security risks here, but they are not the obvious ones. I'm not concerned about the data. Anything he reads on that...

Russian Military Using Smart Phones to Track Troop Movements (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-23 14:46

Crowdstrike has an interesting blog post about how the Russian military is tracking Ukranian field artillery units by compromising soldiers' smart phones and tracking them. News article....

International Phone Fraud Tactics (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-06 12:15

This article outlines two different types of international phone fraud. The first can happen when you call an expensive country like Cuba: My phone call never actually made it to Cuba. The...

Uber Portal Leaked Names, Phone Numbers, Email Addresses, Unique Identifiers (Threatpost)
2016-11-23 15:00

Vulnerabilities in UberCENTRAL, a portal used by businesses to facilitate rides, could have leaked the names, phone numbers, email addresses, and unique IDs.

iOS WebView Problem Allows Attackers to Initiate Phone Calls (Threatpost)
2016-11-09 11:00

An issue in iOS WebView that is trivial to exploit can give an attacker the ability to trigger phone calls from a targeted device, researcher Collin Mulliner said.