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Tag: Phones


Vulnerabilities

New Android security vulnerabilities affect 900 million phones

August 9, 2016

Via: The Hill

Qualcomm chipsets used in 900 million Android phones are vulnerable to four new types of attack, a security vendor announced Sunday. At the DEF CON hacker conference Sunday, Check Point unveiled four vulnerabilities that could give an attacker the highest […]


Mobile security

Android Lollipop 5.1 brings promised anti-theft “kill switch”

March 11, 2015

Via: mobile-security

Google just announced a new version of Android, Lollipop 5.1, which it says includes some “tasty additions” along with improved stability. One of the major new features, called Device Protection, fulfills a pledge Google made to the law enforcement group Secure […]


Privacy protection

One Free iPhone App Now Enables Encrypted Voice Calls and Texts

March 2, 2015

Via: privacy-protection

IF YOU OWN an iPhone or Android handset and care about your privacy, there’s no longer much of an excuse not to encrypt every conversation you have. Now a free, zero-learning-curve app exists for both text and voice that can […]


Hacker

The Democratization of Cyberattack

March 2, 2015

Via: hacker

The thing about infrastructure is that everyone uses it. If it’s secure, it’s secure for everyone. And if it’s insecure, it’s insecure for everyone. This forces some hard policy choices. When I was working with the Guardian on the Snowden […]


Threats & Malware

There’s a Security Bug on 60% of Android Phones—And Google Won’t Fix It

January 14, 2015

Via: threats-and-malware

A #security researcher has discovered a serious #bug in the WebView component of #android 4.3 and below that could open up #phones to malicious hackers. But Google is doing nothing about it. The bug, discovered by Tod Beardsley from Rapid, […]