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Chinese IoT Firm Siphoned Text Messages, Call Records

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A Chinese technology firm has been siphoning text messages and call records from cheap Android-based mobile smart phones and secretly sending the data to servers in China, researchers revealed this week. The revelations came the same day the White House and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued sweeping guidelines aimed at building security into Internet-connected devices, and just hours before a key congressional panel sought recommendations from industry in regulating basic security standards for so-called “Internet of Things” devices. Continue reading Chinese IoT Firm Siphoned Text Messages, Call Records→

Android Phone Maker Ignored Researchers’ Warnings That Their Phones Had Backdoor

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Chinese company Adups has been caught secretly stealing text messages, call records, and more from mobile phone users, and researchers say they confronted the company, and warned vendors, years ago. Continue reading Android Phone Maker Ignored Researchers’ Warnings That Their Phones Had Backdoor→