Cellphones Across Britain Will Blast a ‘Loud Siren-like’ Alert This Weekend
Not everyone is happy about the test warning, which will sound on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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Why Apple Is Betting Big on India
Apple opened its first flagship store in India in a much-anticipated launch on Tuesday.
FBI Advising People to Avoid Public Charging Stations
The FBI is warning people against using public phone-charging stations, worrying that the combination power-data port can be used to inject malware onto the devices:
Avoid using free charging stations in airports, hotels, or shopping centers. Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices that access these ports. Carry your own charger and USB cord and use an electrical outlet instead.
How much of a risk is this, really? I am unconvinced, although I do carry a USB condom for charging stations I find suspicious…
Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures
Citizen Lab says victims’ phones infected after being sent a iCloud calendar invitation in a ‘zero-click’ attackSecurity experts have warned about the emergence of previously unknown spyware with hacking capabilities comparable to NSO Group’s Pegasus t…
FBI warns consumers of malware threat to phones from public charging stations
‘Juice jacking’ from public USB charging ports in airports, malls and hotels could give hackers access to sensitive informationThe FBI is alerting consumers not to use public charging stations, warning that fraudsters could infect such machines with ma…
Samsung, Vivo, Google phones open to remote compromise without user interaction
Several vulnerabilities in Samsung’s Exynos chipsets may allow attackers to remotely compromise specific Samsung Galaxy, Vivo and Google Pixel mobile phones with no user interaction. “With limited additional research and development, we believe t…
Popular fintech apps expose valuable, exploitable secrets
92% of the most popular banking and financial services apps contain easy-to-extract secrets and vulnerabilities that can let attackers steal consumer data and finances, according to Approov. The Approov Mobile Threat Lab downloaded, decoded and scanned…
Hacked Cellebrite and MSAB Software Released
Cellebrite is an cyberweapons arms manufacturer that sells smartphone forensic software to governments around the world. MSAB is a Swedish company that does the same thing. Someone has released software and documentation from both companies.