Syrian government-backed hackers are reportedly targeting political enemies using Android surveillance malware distributed in trojanized versions of messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Unveiled by researchers at security firm Lookout at the recent Black Hat Europe conference, the SilverHawk malware is thought to have been...
Nightwatch Cybersecurity researchers revealed last Wednesday an Android vulnerability which can allow attackers to secretly intercept WiFi broadcast data to track users. The flaw, CVE-2018-9489, was discovered in Android’s communication management programming. Researcher Yakov Shafranovich said that attackers can listen to the data stream being leaked...
Responding to a letter sent to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet Chief Larry Page, Apple explained that the iPhone does not record audio while listening for Siri wake up commands, and Siri does not share spoken words. The phonemaker added that users need to...
It was revealed this week that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Privacy Commissioner are investigating Google due to reports which say that the search giant is collecting data from Android smartphone users who unknowingly pay their telecom service providers for the...
Researchers from cybersecurity firm Lookout warned last Monday that hackers are now using Android apps to conduct targeted surveillance in the Middle East. The apps were said to have been developed from surveillance-focused malware families: ViperRAT, Desert Scorpion, and FrozenCell. The malicious apps often work by...
Last Tuesday, DuckDuckGo announced that it has included a tracker blocker and a number of other privacy features in its revamped line of mobile apps and browser extensions for Android, iOS, Chrome, Firefox and Safari. CEO Gabe Weinberg says that the company’s goal ever since...
A number of industry sources have commented that phone makers in China are not in a hurry to develop features such as fast charging, wireless charging, or FaceID for Android, as vendors seem to be more interested in disposing of their unsold stocks. Another factor...
Symantec researchers recently discovered an Android malware which shows the user a fake version of the Uber app in order to steal usernames and passwords. Said to be a variant of the Android trojan FakeApp, the malware prompts the user to enter his username and...
Earlier this month, researchers from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) discovered that sensor data on modern smartphones can be used by malicious apps to gather sensitive information about the user, and even use it to guess the PIN number on the device. By creating and using...
Last Friday, chipmaker Qualcomm unveiled its new system-on-chip (SoC) Snapdragon 845 which, according to them, should help device manufacturers and service makers create products that are less reliant on cloud services, thus renewing focus on privacy and security. Apple has been known to favor on-device...