UCR Today: Android Hacking// UC Riverside assistant professor is among group that develops novel method to attack apps on Android, and likely other, operating systems By Sean Nealon on August 20, 2014 illustration of smart phones and skull… Read More ›
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Facebook app now reads your smartphone’s text messages? THE TRUTH
Blame Android, says social network By John Leyden Posted in Security, 29th January 2014 00:11 GMT Facebook’s updated Android app can read text messages on the user’s smartphone. The tweaked software now demands access to SMS and MMS messages, and the change was… Read More ›
The spy device that really is ‘undercover’: Vest scans nearby mobiles to track them and steal an owner’s personal details
Images from surveillance brochures have been leaked online The instruments are thought to be next-generation spy gadgets Vest can capture a phone’s unique identifier number and track its location Memory stick can steal network username and password By Victoria Woollaston… Read More ›
Could your phone be secretly taking pictures right now? How hackers could hijack your camera to spy on you (and even read your chequebook)
Proof of concept ‘PlaiceRaider’ Android app can turn on your phone’s camera to allow hackers to snoop around your home Personal data and private moments can be gleaned from images By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:03:54 EST, 1 October 2012| UPDATED:04:29 EST,… Read More ›
FBI was NOT source of leaked data on 12 million Apple users, claims publishing firm boss who says they were hacked
Hackers said they had exposed Big Brother snooping operation run by FBI But Paul DeHart, CEO of the Blue Toad agency, claims details on computer users was stolen from his servers By Tom Gardner PUBLISHED:16:37 EST, 10 September 2012|… Read More ›
Hackers steal details of a MILLION Apple users… but why did the FBI have the information anyway?: Includes FBI’s response below in Post
Questions raised over why the FBI had the data, which is believed to include user names, device names and phone numbers Antisec group claims to have over 12 million IDs – but has not released the most personal data By… Read More ›
Research Sheds Light On Scary New Surveillance Apps for Smartphones
August 31, 2012 | By Parker Higgins Following on the heels of last month’s first-ever public analysis of the elusive spyware FinSpy, security researchers at Citizen Lab have released an analysis of samples that appear to be FinSpy Mobile, the… Read More ›
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