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Hackers can hack Android smartphones using covert data channels using voice channel
Researchers demonstrate hack by creating a covert data channel using a smartphone’s voice channel to exfiltrate data albeit slowly From the time smartphones have …
Software detects fake mobile, Wi-Fi networks
An Israeli company has developed a product it says can detect if a mobile device connects to a fake cellular base station or Wi-Fi …
With ransomware on the rise, cryptographers take it personally
Some of the world’s leading cryptographers are concerned about the increasing number of malicious programs that hold computers and mobile phones to ransom, in …
Google Search Change Could Cause ‘Mobilegeddon’
Google is due to make a major update to its mobile search algorithm on Tuesday, in a move expected to cause ripples across the …
Fewer than 1% of Android devices affected by potentially harmful apps
Based on data collected by Google, less than one percent of Android devices had a potentially harmful application installed last year. This includes devices …
How to opt out of Verizon’s ‘supercookie’ tracking program
Verizon came under fire this past January for bundling what privacy advocates called a “supercookie” with every smartphone. Mobile devices on the carrier’s network …
Mobile security: iOS vs. Android vs. BlackBerry vs. Windows Phone
Apple’s iPhone and iPad long ago pushed out the BlackBerry as the corporate standard for mobile devices, in all but the highest-security environments. Google …
“FREAK” flaw in Android and Apple devices cripples HTTPS crypto protection
Security experts have discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw that for more than a decade has made it possible for attackers to decrypt HTTPS-protected traffic …
The CIA Campaign To Steal Apple’s Secrets
RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, according to …
Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech
Two banks are allowing their customers to access accounts on their smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology, in a UK industry first. RBS and NatWest …
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