A developer has discovered that malicious apps could exploit the pasteboard to work out a user’s location.
Monthly Archives: February 2020
LTE vulnerability allows impersonation of other mobile devices
Researchers have found a way to impersonate mobile devices on 4G and 5G mobile networks, and are calling on operators and standards bodies to fix the flaw that caused it.
Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging, EC tells staff
Formerly preferred diplomatic app WhatsApp apparently isn’t up to snuff.
Taking a GPS tracker off your car isn’t ‘theft,’ court rules
This line of thinking could get absurd, Indiana’s supreme court declared. How do you “steal” something if you don’t know who owns it?
Mystery zero-day in Chrome – update now!
When a bug’s a zero-day that means it’s being actively exploited. So don’t delay, just patch today!
Android 11 to clamp down on background location access
Is Android finally about to get on top of the issue of apps that quietly suck up location data?
Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it
Private chat invites aren’t meant to be unfindable, Facebook says, though a snippet of code eventually shielded them from Google indexing.
The “Cloud Snooper” malware that sneaks into your Linux servers
Fascinating research from SophosLabs into a wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing malware sample.
Smart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day
That smart home speaker isn’t listening to everything you say, according to new research – but it is listening a lot more than it should.
Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks
Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.