3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone
There’s a lot you can make with a 3D printer: from prosthetics, corneas, and firearms — even an Olympic-standard …
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Apps on smartphones are selling and sharing our location data 24/7
It’s no surprise that the apps we download on our smartphones are tracking our movements and also transferring the information to third …
Android click fraud apps mimic Apple iPhones to boost revenue
SophosLabs has uncovered an unusual click fraud campaign in which malicious Android apps masquerade as being hosted on Apple devices to …
Android adware tricks ad networks into thinking it’s an iPhone to make more money
Google has recently removed 22 Android apps from the Play Store. The apps were removed for abusing Android devices to load and click on ads …
Smashing Security #107: Sextorting the US army, and a Touch ID scam
Fitness apps exploit TouchID through a sneaky user interface trick, tech giants claim to have a plan to banish passwords, and you won’t …
New Scam Apps Take Advantage of iPhone Touch ID
joys of Touch ID is how seamlessly it works. It rarely takes more than an instant to unlock your iPhone or approve a …
Two iOS fitness apps tricked users into making TouchID payments
Apple has removed two malicious iOS apps that tricked users into approving TouchID payments via misleading popups. Both apps –named the …
DriveSavers Offers Phone Unlocking and Data Recovery for $3,900
The price might not sound so crazy if the data in your phone is extremely important, and it’s not like you have a lot of …
This company promises to recover files from your locked iPhone – but it won’t help the FBI
DriveSavers, a company known for its data recovery services, announced that it can offer “passcode lockout recovery service,” which …
Avast launches mobile security app for iPhone users
Avast launched Avast Mobile Security for iOS users. Available in both a free and a premium version, Avast Mobile Security delivers all the …
Could have sworn I deleted that photo from my phone! [PODCAST]
This week: hacking phones at Pwn2Own, the brand new SophosLabs Threat Report, and squeezing Shakespeare into one …
Pwn2Own – Ethical Hackers Hacked Samsung Galaxy S9, iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi6 & Got Reward $325,000
Group of White hat hackers compromised Samsung Galaxy S9, iPhone X, and the Xiaomi Mi6 and earned $325,000 in Pwn2Own, two days Hacking …
Thought you deleted your iPhone photos? Hackers find a way to get them back
Twice a year, an international contest called Pwn2Own – the Olympic Games of competitive hacking, if you like – gives the world’s top …
0-Days Found in iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9, Xiaomi Mi6 Phones
At Pwn2Own 2018 mobile hacking competition held in Tokyo on November 13-14, white hat hackers once again demonstrated that even the fully …
Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 – iPhone X exploits paid over $100,000
The Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 is a success, participants earned over $300,000 for disclosing flaws affecting iPhone X, …
Apple iPhone Hacked at Mobile Pwn2Own 2018
Once again, security researchers have demonstrated at a Pwn2Own event that fully patched mobile devices are at risk from zero-day …
How to Securely Get Rid of Your Devices
The Weakest Link is Motherboard’s third, annual theme week dedicated to the future of hacking and cybersecurity. Follow along …
Does wiping your iPhone count as destroying evidence?
Police are accusing a 24-year-old woman, arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting, of remote-wiping her iPhone and thereby …
How to Use an iPod Touch as a Secure Device Instead of a Phone
From SIM-jacking, to SS7, to dodgy telco data selling, for some people an iPod may be a better security decision than using a normal phone. …
Another day, another update, another iPhone lockscreen bypass
Apple keeps releasing iOS updates and Spanish researcher José Rodríguez keeps finding new ways to bypass each version’s lockscreen …
Update now! Apple releases security fixes for iOS, MacOS, Safari, others
If you own any kind of Apple device or software, you may want to check to see if you have an update waiting for you. This week Apple pushed …
Spooky miasmic gas bricks hospital iPhones (mwah ha ha ha)
Earlier this month, an IT admin at Morris Hospital near Chicago started receiving complaints that dozens of staff iPads, iPhones, and Apple …
Yes, you should update your iPhone to iOS 12.1, but its lock screen is *still* unsafe
Apple has released its first major update to iOS 12 – iOS 12.1 – bringing a host of new features to iPhones and iPads including dual …
A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1, a researcher presented a Passcode Bypass issue
A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1 the iPhone bug hunter Jose Rodriguez has found a new passcode bypass issue that could be …
New iPhone Passcode Bypass Found Hours After Apple Releases iOS 12.1
It’s only been a few hours since Apple releases iOS 12.1 and an iPhone enthusiast has managed to find a passcode bypass hack, once again, …
Apple and Samsung Fined for Reducing the Functionality of Some Old SmartPhones
As a result of a very long investigation, the Italian Competition Authority AGCM fined Samsung 5 million and Apple 10 million euros for …
Apple and Samsung punished for slowing down old smartphones
As Apple and Samsung have just found out, to their cost, there is a right way and a wrong way to offer software updates to mobile …
Need to fix an iPhone or Android device? You can now break DRM under new US rules
It’s now legal for consumers and repair firms to break an electronic device’s DRM protections to repair it, according to a ruling by the US …
China tells Trump to switch to Huawei after NYT iPhone tapping report
A spokeswoman for the China Foreign Ministry has suggested President Trump switch to a Huawei phone after the New York Times reported that …
Apple May Have Blocked GrayKey Phone Hacker in iOS 12 Update
Apple touts its iOS platform as more secure than Android, but we don’t actually know how secure it is. Android is open source, so …