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More than one billion mobile users are at risk from a SIM card flaw being currently exploited by threat actors, researchers warn. Continue reading 1B Mobile Users Vulnerable to Ongoing ‘SimJacker’ Surveillance Attack
The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are. Continue reading Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing
Should Google really be helping the FBI with a bank robbery? What’s the story behind the Twitter CEO claiming there’s a bomb in their offices? And how much does your car really know about you?
And we mourn the loss of Doctor Who legend Terr… Continue reading Smashing Security #144: Google helps the FBI, Twitter Jack’s hijack, and car data woes
FBI agents issued Google with a warrant in November 2018, seeking its help with a bank robbery the month before. Continue reading FBI asks Google for help finding criminals
Darknet Diaries host Jack Rhysider joins us to discuss how cities in Texas are being hit by a wave of ransomware, how Mercedes Benz has installed a tracker in your car (but not for the reason you think), the security threats impacting smart cities, and… Continue reading Smashing Security #142: Mercedes secret sensors, smart cities, and ransomware runs riot
Vulnerabilities in Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL), the wireless protocol that underpins Apple’s AirPlay and AirDrop services, could allow attackers to track users in spite of MAC randomization, to intercept and modify transmitted files, and to… Continue reading AWDL flaws open Apple users to tracking, MitM, malware planting
New research has revealed that apps are snooping on data such as location and unique ID number – even when users haven’t given permission. Continue reading Rogue Android apps ignore your permissions
The iPhone-maker announced the ‘Sign in with Apple’ API, and restrictions on location-tracking. Continue reading WWDC 2019: Apple Takes Aim at Facebook on Privacy
From 8 July 2019, travellers on London’s underground tube network may wish to turn off their Wi-Fi first… if they don’t like the idea of being tracked.
Continue reading London Underground passengers told to turn off their Wi-Fi if they don’t want to be tracked
With GDPR reaching its one year anniversary May 25, Airship revealed top-level results of its global benchmark study, examining the state of mobile app user permissions across nearly 700 million people worldwide. Meet new regulatory requirements While … Continue reading A closer look at mobile permissions one year into GDPR