Security News

Insecure Apps that Open Ports Leave Millions of Smartphones at Risk of Hacking (The Hackers News)
2017-04-29 04:25

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play Store have a security hole that could potentially allow hackers to steal data from and...

Meet PINLogger, the drive-by exploit that steals smartphone PINs (ArsTechnica)
2017-04-18 17:20

Sensors in phones running both iOS and Android reveal all kinds of sensitive info.

Attackers can steal smartphone users’ PINs by tapping into data collected by mobile sensors (Help Net Security)
2017-04-12 18:21

Researchers have demonstrated that a malicious website or app could work out smartphone users’ PINs or passwords based just on the data collected by various motion sensors on modern mobile...

Hackers Can Steal Your Passwords Just by Monitoring SmartPhone Sensors (The Hackers News)
2017-04-12 02:17

Do you know how many kinds of sensors your smartphone has inbuilt? And what data they gather about your physical and digital activities? An average smartphone these days is packed with a wide...

Millions Of Smartphones Using Broadcom Wi-Fi Chip Can Be Hacked Over-the-Air (The Hackers News)
2017-04-05 03:36

Millions of smartphones and smart gadgets, including Apple iOS and many Android handsets from various manufacturers, equipped with Broadcom Wifi chips are vulnerable to over-the-air hijacking...