Security News

AT&T Employees Took Bribes to Unlock Smartphones
2019-08-08 11:22

This wasn't a small operation: A Pakistani man bribed AT&T call-center employees to install malware and unauthorized hardware as part of a scheme to fraudulently unlock cell phones, according to...

Thales’ new Gemalto Digital ID Wallet now available to all citizens on their smartphones
2019-07-30 03:00

With Thales’ new Gemalto Digital ID Wallet, governments will issue a secure digital version of official documents including identity cards, health cards and drivers licenses, available to all...

Intel’s smartphone modem business to be acquired by Apple
2019-07-29 00:00

Intel and Apple have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual...

Researchers eavesdrop on smartphone finger taps
2019-06-07 09:47

Researchers have been experimenting with a novel way to eavesdrop on what you're typing on your smartphone - by listening to the taps of your fingers.

New Attack Targets the Touchscreen of Smartphones, Researchers Reveal
2019-06-03 16:48

A group of researchers has devised a new proof-of-concept attack that targets the touchscreen of Near-Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile devices such as smartphones and allows remote control...

Senator: US govt staff may be sending their smartphone web traffic 'wrapped in a bow' to Russia, China via VPNs
2019-05-30 19:49

No policy to stop use of dodgy foreign network providers. You'd hope common sense would prevail, but... US government workers may be placing America's national security at risk as there is no...

Bittium Tough Mobile 2: Smartphone with multilayered security structure
2019-05-27 12:36

Bittium, the provider of world’s most secure smartphone-based communication systems, launches the ultra secure Bittium Tough Mobile 2 smartphone. The core of the information security of the new...

Study finds Android smartphones riddled with suspect ‘bloatware’
2019-05-13 10:37

According to a new study, Android bloatware can create hidden security and privacy risks.

Hey, those warrantless smartphone searches at the US border? Unconstitutional, yeah? Civil-rights warriors ask court to settle this
2019-05-01 19:51

Latest development in long-running lawsuit over electronic device slurping Civil rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have...

The surveillance economy has set its sights on smartphone sensors
2019-04-12 06:00

The most successful companies of our time are those who’ve mastered user data – collecting it, analyzing it and profiting from it – typically at the expense of user privacy. The Internet of things...