Google Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities in Android With August 2020 Updates
Google on Monday announced the August 2020 security updates for the Android operating system, with patches for a total of more than 50 vulnerabilities.
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Mobile Security
Apple Knocked Off Perch as Most Imitated Brand for Phishing Attacks
COVID-19 pandemic spurs spoofing preference changes, plus a surge in email-based attacks.
Microsoft to Keep Exploring TikTok Deal After Talks With Trump
Microsoft announced Sunday it would continue talks to acquire the US operations of popular video-sharing app TikTok, after meeting with President Donald Trump who seemingly backed off his earlier threats to ban the Chinese-owned platform.
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Twitter: Epic Account Hack Caused by Mobile Spearphishing
Hackers “mislead certain employees” to gain access to internal tools to take over high-profile accounts and push out a Bitcoin scam.
US Warns of ‘Consequences’ If Brazil Picks Huawei 5G
The US ambassador in Brasilia warned of “consequences” if Brazil chooses Chinese telecoms company Huawei to develop its 5G network, in an interview published Wednesday.
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ZDI Announces Rules, Prizes for Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) on Tuesday announced the rules and prizes for its Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020 hacking competition, which invites white hat hackers to demonstrate their smartphone and IoT device exploits.
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India Bans 47 More Chinese Mobile Apps
India has banned 47 more Chinese apps just weeks after blocking the highly popular video-sharing platform TikTok and 58 others over national security and privacy concerns, an information ministry official and media reports said Monday.
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Why is smartphone security so important?
Let’s pause for a second here and think about the astonishingly smart palm-sized device – that is our phone. A decade or two ago it would have been impossible to imagine all the things that a modern-day smartphone can do. A day without our smartp…
Malicious ‘Blur’ Photo App Campaign Discovered on Google Play
Twenty-nine bad mobile apps with a combined 3.5 million downloads bombard users with out-of-context ads.