Sick of the unending stream of email and phone calls you receive from scammers claiming to represent your bank? Amazon? Microsoft? The tax office? The police? We sympathise – we’re sick of them too, especially landline calls that could be a loved one calling for help or advice, and thus need to be answered… …but […]
Researchers devised an attack technique to tamper the firmware and execute a malware onto a Bluetooth chip when an iPhone is “off.” A team of researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO) at the Technical University of Darmstadt demonstrated a technique to tamper with the firmware and load malware onto a chip while an […]
Gone are the days when phones were only used to make phone calls and send text messages; nowadays, smartphones are more akin to a pocket-sized version of a high-functioning microcomputer that can perform a wide range of functions aside from communications. Android phones are essentially a sub-category of smartphones with installed Android operating systems, allowing […]
You might have heard that the iPhone is almost completely impossible to hack or that Samsung devices have some of the best firewalls in the world built right into the device. While these statements are true, they do not mean that your personal information is automatically safe. In fact, there are a handful of ways […]
A security research called Trevor Spiniolas has just published information about a bug he claims has existed in Apple’s iOS operating system since at least version 14.7. The bug affects the Home app, Apple’s home automation software that lets you control home devices – webcams, doorbells, thermostats, light bulbs, and so on – that support Apple’s HomeKit ecosystem. Spiniolas has dubbed the […]
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I specialize in cybersecurity not mental health, so I can’t comment on how this intimacy with a device affects our well-being. But I can say that we must secure any platform that’s always connected, always on, and almost always within inches of our bodies. Let’s take a look at the six threats F-Secure’s Tactical Defense Unit sees most […]
Researchers have demonstrated that someone could use a stolen, unlocked iPhone to pay for thousands of dollars of goods or services, no authentication needed. An attacker who steals a locked iPhone can use a stored Visa card to make contactless payments worth up to thousands of dollars without unlocking the phone, researchers are warning. The […]
If you’ve already listened to this week’s Naked Security Podcast you’ll know that we had finally concluded that iOS 12, the version before the version before the latest-and-greatest iOS 15, which arrived this Monday… …had been dumped forever by Apple. Apple notoriously won’t tell you anything about the security situation in its products unless and until it […]
A user’s personal data can be anything from their user name and email address to their telephone name and physical address. Less obvious forms of sensitive data include IP addresses, log data and any information gathered through cookies, as well as users’ biometric data. Any business whose mobile app collects personal information from users is […]
Their Security Is Awful’ A 21-year-old American said he used an unprotected router to access millions of customer records in the mobile carrier’s latest breach The hacker who is taking responsibility for breaking into T-Mobile US Inc.’s TMUS -1.63% systems said the wireless company’s lax security eased his path into a cache of records with personal details on more than 50 […]
About a month ago, a security researcher revealed what turned out to be zero-day bug in Apple’s Wi-Fi software, apparently without meaning to: Carl Schou, founder of an informal hacker collective known as Secret Club, “created originally as a gag between friends who are passionate about technical subjects”, seems to have been doing what bug-hunters do… […]
By 2027, the global online casino market is predicted to be worth $127.3 billion, growing at a CAGR of 11.5%. The increase in market size is largely due to the growing popularity of not just smartphones and mobile gaming, but also of social platforms that are transforming online games. Already, providers like Tapinator are developing more social casino […]
Last month, my wife was contacted by a phisher, mascaraing as someone from social security. This threat actor made an attempt to obtain her social security number using the threat of fraud investigation to verify her social security number. Because of my background in security, I was able to act quickly to prevent her from […]
Despite thieves regularly finding ways to boost cars by exploiting vulnerabilities in modern keyless locking systems and researchers demonstrating how attackers could fiddle with car settings, the infotainment system, the break system, the steering system, and so on, we’re yet to witness actual safety attacks that resulted in hackers disabling brakes or turning the steering wheel. One of the reasons must surely […]
The Washington Post has published a long story on the unlocking of the San Bernardino Terrorist’s iPhone 5C in 2016. We all thought it was an Israeli company called Cellebrite. It was actually an Australian company called Azimuth Security. Azimuth specialized in finding significant vulnerabilities. Dowd, a former IBM X-Force researcher whom one peer called “the Mozart of exploit […]
COVID-19 has impacted everything over the past year, and mobile app security is no exception. The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) took an in-depth look at application security, and discovered just how vulnerable apps that use open source code really are. According to the report, 98% of apps use open source code, and 63% of those apps […]
This isn’t a case of secretive nation-state phone interception methodologies (or spying, as it is often called). It’s not a tale of cybercriminals deliberately trying to listen in to your business discussions so they can divert massive invoice payments or implant ransomware with multi-million dollar blackmail demands. That’s the good news. The bug in this case, discovered by Indian cybersecurity researcher Anand Prakash, […]
Normal day-to-day life was brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic, which greatly impacted the lives of virtually all people worldwide in unprecedented fashion. As people have stayed home and isolated themselves to avoid contracting and spreading the virus, there has been increased reliance on virtual connectivity due to a sharp increase in remote […]
