Google Location-Tracking Tactics Troubled Its Own Engineers
Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a...
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CISA Details Strategy for Secure 5G Deployment
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published details on its strategy for the secure deployment of...
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Malicious Behavior Found in Advertising SDK Used by 1,200 iOS Apps
Researchers at developer security company Snyk claim to have identified malicious behavior in an advertising SDK that is present in more than 1,200 iOS...
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New Trials in England for Troubled Virus Tracing App
A previously misfiring smartphone app to help track transmission of the coronavirus will be trialled again in parts of England following two months of...
‘Find My Mobile’ Vulnerabilities Exposed Samsung Galaxy Phones to Attacks
A series of vulnerabilities affecting Samsung’s Find My Mobile could have been chained to perform various types of activities on a compromised smartphone, a...
Vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Chips Expose Billions of Devices to Attacks
Security researchers have identified hundreds of vulnerabilities that expose devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon chips to attacks. During a presentation at DEF CON last week,...
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Chinese Researchers Show How They Remotely Hacked a Mercedes-Benz
A team of Chinese researchers has described the analysis process that resulted in the discovery of 19 vulnerabilities in a Mercedes-Benz E-Class, including flaws...
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TikTok and WeChat: Chinese Apps Dogged by Security Fears
The United States has fired a new salvo in its rivalry with China, ordering sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media stars TikTok and WeChat....
US Senate Votes to Ban TikTok on Government Phones
The US Senate voted Thursday to bar TikTok from being downloaded onto US government employees’ telephones, intensifying US scrutiny of the popular Chinese-owned video...
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Twitter Says Android App Vulnerability Exposed Direct Messages
Twitter informed customers on Wednesday that a vulnerability in its Android app could have been exploited by malicious applications to access private data. According...