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Permission Slip, an iPhone and Android app developed by Consumer Reports, helps users ask companies and data brokers to stop sharing their personal data and/or delete it. The Permission Slip app (Source: Consumer Reports) US consumer data privacy laws …
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Goodbye Passwords, or Not Yet?
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Posted by Andrew Walbran, Android Rust Team
Last year we wrote about how moving native code in Android from C++ to Rust has resulted in fewer security vulnerabilities. Most of the components we mentioned then were system services in userspace (runni…
The Trojan War’s famous horse trick inspired the term for cyberattacks, where a user unwittingly downloads a file that causes harm when opened. HUMAN’s Satori Team unveils BADBOX, a cryptic and intricate network of fraud schemes, mirroring …
TikTok has become a social media sensation among this generation in a remarkably brief period. The platform gained massive popularity due to its short-form lip-synced video content that reflects creativity, entertainment, and social media interaction.&…
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The Android TV box you recently purchased may be riddled with harmful backdoors.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android TV Boxes Infected with Backdoors, Compromising Home Networks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SecurityWeek: Tens of thousands of Android devices have been shipped to end-users with backdoored firmware, according to a warning from cybersecurity vendor Human Security. As part of the global cybercriminal op…
Simon Sharwood writes via The Register: The Chinese manufacturer that took over IBM’s PC business announced on Thursday that it’s teamed with an outfit named Esper that specializes in custom cuts of Android, plus device management offerings. Android is…
A global cybercriminal operation called BadBox has infected the firmware of more than 70,000 Android smartphones, CTV boxes, and tablets with the Triada malware.
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TechCrunch reported that a working zero-day exploit for the popular WhatsApp can be paid millions of dollars. The research of zero-day exploits for popular applications such as WhatsApp is even more complex due to the security mechanisms implemented by the developers of the mobile OSs and the app. TechCrunch reported that a zero-day exploits for […]
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