Security News

Evil third-party screens on smartphones are able to see all that you poke
2018-07-10 09:47

Of course researchers added machine learning to the mix too Smartphone hackers can glean secrets by analysing touchscreen user interactions, according to new research.…

Smartphone fingerprint sensor checks body temperature to boost biometric security
2018-07-05 14:31

New fingerprint sensor detects both tactile pressure and skin temperature to unlock smartphone, according to Nature Communications.

Your smartphone can watch you if it wants to, study finds
2018-07-05 12:38

Internet users have grown used to the idea that they can be tracked and profiled as they browse the web, but what about the specific risks of smartphones?

Smartphone batteries can reveal what you typed and read
2018-06-25 06:31

Power trace sniffing, a badly-designed API and some cloudy AI spell potential trouble A group of researchers has demonstrated that smartphone batteries can offer a side-channel attack vector by...

OnePlus 6 smartphone flash override demoed
2018-06-12 10:44

Manufacturer promises update The recently released ‪OnePlus 6‬ smartphone allows the booting of arbitrary images, security researchers at Edge Security have discovered.…

LG Patches Serious Vulnerabilities in Smartphone Keyboard
2018-05-10 10:42

Updates released this week by LG for its Android smartphones patch two high severity keyboard vulnerabilities that can be exploited for remote code execution. read more

Severe Keyboard Flaws in LG Smartphones Allow Remote Code Execution
2018-05-09 17:00

An attacker can gain man-in-the-middle access to inject a rogue executable file onto the phone.

Pentagon orders military exchanges to pull Chinese smartphones over security risks
2018-05-08 11:22

Huawei and ZTE are already telephones non gratae, tied too close for comfort to the Chinese Communist Party and People’s Liberation Army back home.

Feds: Secure Smartphone Service Helped Drug Cartels
2018-03-16 17:18

Smartphones Allegedly Helped Criminals Move Drugs While Evading Law EnforcementThe FBI has arrested the CEO of the Canadian smartphone service Phantom Secure on charges that he and four other...

Triada Trojan Pre-Installed on Low Cost Android Smartphones
2018-03-05 16:14

Security researchers have discovered the sophisticated Triada Trojan in the firmware of more than 40 low-cost Android smartphone models. read more