Hackers Can Manipulate Media Files You Receive Via WhatsApp and Telegram

If you think that the media files you receive on your end-to-end encrypted secure messaging apps can not be tampered with, you need to think again.

Security researchers at Symantec yesterday demonstrated multiple interesting attack scenarios against W… Continue reading Hackers Can Manipulate Media Files You Receive Via WhatsApp and Telegram

Android Q — Google Adds New Mobile Security and Privacy Features

Google has recently released the first beta version of Android Q, the next upcoming version of Google’s popular mobile operating system, with a lot of new privacy improvements and other security enhancements.

Android Q, where Q has not yet been named,… Continue reading Android Q — Google Adds New Mobile Security and Privacy Features

Android P to Block Apps From Monitoring Device Network Activity

Do you know that any app you have installed on your Android phone can monitor the network activities—even without asking for any sensitive permission—to detect when other apps on your phone are connecting to the Internet?

Obviously, they cant see the … Continue reading Android P to Block Apps From Monitoring Device Network Activity

Google Collects Android Location Data Even When Location Service Is Disabled

Do you own an Android smartphone?

If yes, then you are one of those billions of users whose smartphone is secretly gathering location data and sending it back to Google.

Google has been caught collecting location data on every Android device owner si… Continue reading Google Collects Android Location Data Even When Location Service Is Disabled

Android Devices Phoning Home To China

So unsurprisingly a security researcher found some cheap Android devices phoning home to China when buying a phone to travel with. One of the phones seems to be Blu R1 HD, which is ‘Currently unavailable’ on Amazon.com and customers that bought it have received security update e-mails. Security researchers have uncovered a secret backdoor in…

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