Tag: Cellphones
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Spyware Maker NSO Won Cellphone Hack of the Year But No One Picked Up the Award
Every year, security researchers give out the Pwnie Awards—a play on the word “pwn,” a variation of the world “own,” which is …
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Researchers Find Powerful Cellphone Location Surveillance in Europe, Middle East, Australia
“You can track any phone number from any country and anywhere in the world.” “You can track any phone number from any country and anywhere …
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There’s a new open-source project to detect cellphone-snooping technology
Written by Sean Lyngaas Aug 5, 2020 | CYBERSCOOP In October 2016, during popular protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a …
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Here’s the NSA’s advice for reducing the exposure of cellphone location data
Written by Shannon Vavra Aug 4, 2020 | CYBERSCOOP Take it from the experts: There is no way to fully eliminate the risk that a mobile …
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Verizon Adds Protection Against SIM Swapping Hacks in Mobile App
“Presuming this user-controlled toggle can’t be overridden by a bribed customer service rep or access to a back-end dashboard, this …
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iPhone Unlocking Tech GrayKey Went Up in Price Because Hacking iPhones Got Harder
Last year, iOS forensics firm Grayshift increased the price of one of its iPhone unlocking products because breaking into iPhones became …
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SIM Swappers Are Phishing Telecom Company Employees to Access Internal Tools
Hackers are phishing workers at major U.S. telecommunication companies to gain access to internal company tools, Motherboard has …
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Vermont Bill Would Ban Cellphone Use for Anyone Under Age 21
If passed, it would make the possession of a cellphone punishable by up to one year in prison, a $1,000 fine, or both. The legislation …
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Phishy text message tries to steal your cellphone account
Lots of people still think of phishing as a type of scam that arrives by email. That’s because most phishing attacks do, indeed, arrive …
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China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border
Foreigners crossing certain Chinese borders into the Xinjiang region, where authorities are conducting a massive campaign of surveillance …
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UK phone giant EE hit by another security lapse
UK phone giant EE hit by another security snafu Zack Whittaker 7 hours ago For the second time this week, UK phone giant EE has fixed a …
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UK phone giant EE hit by another security snafu
For the second time this week, UK phone giant EE has fixed a security lapse, which allowed a security researcher to gain access an internal …
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