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VoltSchemer attacks use wireless chargers to inject voice commands, fry phones

A team of academic researchers show that a new set of attacks called 'VoltSchemer' can inject voice commands to manipulate a smartphone's voice assistant through the magnetic field emitted by an off-the-shelf wireless charger.
- Bill Toulas
- February 20, 2024
- 03:38 PM
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US senator: Govts spy on Apple, Google users via mobile notifications

A U.S. senator revealed today that government agencies worldwide demand mobile push notification records from Apple and Google users to spy on their customers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 06, 2023
- 02:58 PM
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Arm warns of Mali GPU flaws likely exploited in targeted attacks

Arm in a security advisory today is warning of an actively exploited vulnerability affecting the widely-used Mali GPU drivers.
- Bill Toulas
- October 02, 2023
- 12:37 PM
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France demands Apple pull iPhone 12 due to high RF radiation levels

The Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) has asked Apple to withdraw iPhone 12 smartphones from the French market because the device emits radiofrequency energy that is beyond the limit permitted to be absorbed by the human body.
- Bill Toulas
- September 13, 2023
- 01:41 PM
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New WiKI-Eve attack can steal numerical passwords over WiFi

A new attack dubbed 'WiKI-Eve' can intercept the cleartext transmissions of smartphones connected to modern WiFi routers and deduce individual numeric keystrokes at an accuracy rate of up to 90%, allowing numerical passwords to be stolen.
- Bill Toulas
- September 11, 2023
- 04:30 PM
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Google Pixel flaw allowed recovery of redacted, cropped images

An 'Acropalypse' flaw in Google Pixel's Markup tool made it possible to partially recover edited or redacted screenshots and images, including those that have been cropped or had their contents masked, for the past five years.
- Bill Toulas
- March 20, 2023
- 10:54 AM
- 0
EarSpy attack eavesdrops on Android phones via motion sensors

A team of researchers has developed an eavesdropping attack for Android devices that can, to various degrees, recognize the caller's gender and identity, and even discern private speech.
- Bill Toulas
- December 27, 2022
- 08:39 AM
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Samsung Galaxy S22 hacked again on second day of Pwn2Own

Contestants hacked the Samsung Galaxy S22 again during the second day of the consumer-focused Pwn2Own 2022 competition in Toronto, Canada.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 08, 2022
- 11:29 AM
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Samsung Galaxy S22 hacked twice on first day of Pwn2Own Toronto

Contestants have hacked the Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone twice during the first day of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, the 10th edition of the consumer-focused event.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 06, 2022
- 05:35 PM
- 0
Android phone owner accidentally finds a way to bypass lock screen

Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz accidentally found a way to bypass the lock screen on his fully patched Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 5 smartphones, enabling anyone with physical access to the device to unlock it.
- Bill Toulas
- November 12, 2022
- 10:07 AM
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Bugs in billions of WiFi, Bluetooth chips allow password, data theft

Researchers at the University of Darmstadt, Brescia, CNIT, and the Secure Mobile Networking Lab, have published a paper that proves it's possible to extract passwords and manipulate traffic on a WiFi chip by targeting a device's Bluetooth component.
- Bill Toulas
- December 13, 2021
- 11:04 AM
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Samsung Galaxy S21 hacked on second day of Pwn2Own Austin

Contestants hacked the Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone during the second day of the Pwn2Own Austin 2021 competition, as well as routers, NAS devices, speakers, and printers from Cisco, TP-Link, Western Digital, Sonos, Canon, Lexmark, and HP.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 04, 2021
- 12:03 PM
- 0
Billions more Android devices will reset risky app permissions

Google announced today that support for a recently released Android privacy protection feature would be backported to billions of devices running older Android versions later this year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 17, 2021
- 01:00 PM
- 0
Qualcomm vulnerability impacts nearly 40% of all mobile phones

A high severity security vulnerability found in Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chips (including the latest 5G-capable versions) could enable attackers to access mobile phone users' text messages, call history, and listen in on their conversations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 06, 2021
- 06:00 AM
- 0
Nearly 50% of all smartphones affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon bugs

Several security vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chip could allow attackers to take control of more than 40% of all smartphones without user interaction, spy on their users, and create un-removable malware capable of evading detection.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 06, 2020
- 04:33 PM
- 0
Australian Govt Issues Android and iOS Security Hardening Guides

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)'s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has published a set of two guides designed to help Australian government, commercial organizations, and enterprises harden the security of iOS and Android devices in their fleets.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 04, 2019
- 03:30 AM
- 0
Xiaomi Pre-Installed Security App Vulnerable to MiTM Attacks

A vulnerability exposing users to Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attacks was patched by Xiaomi in the pre-installed security app Guard Provider after a disclosure report from Check Point Research.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 04, 2019
- 01:28 PM
- 0
Samsung Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Scanner Tricked with 3D Print

The ultrasonic fingerprint scanner feature in the Samsung Galaxy S10 can be tricked to unlock the device with the help of a 3D printed fingerprint stolen from its owner as shown by Reddit user darkshark9.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 04, 2019
- 11:11 AM
- 0
Samsung Galaxy S10 Face Recognition Can Easily Be Bypassed

The face recognition-based screen lock feature in the Samsung Galaxy S10 can be easily fooled using a photo or a video of the owner as shown by multiple reports coming from customers, experts and tech reviewers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 11, 2019
- 12:31 PM
- 0
Malicious Mobile Software Attacks Almost Doubled in 2018

Mobile users have been targeted by almost twice as many attacks using malicious software during 2018, going up from 66.4 million in 2017 events detected during 2017 to 116.5 million until the end of last year according to a report by Kaspersky Lab.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 05, 2019
- 05:45 PM
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