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Encrypted messaging app Telegram is dealing with a major anonymity fail possibly affecting their brand reputation and customer trust. Last week, security researcher Dhiraj Mishra detected some vulnerabilities in the Telegram desktop application and Tel… Continue reading Telegram not really anonymous? Researcher reports bug that leaks IP addresses
A cyber fraud ring operating across multiple states was detected by US law enforcement in February 2018, after the mother of one of the perpetrators overheard him masquerading as an AT&T employee in a phone conversation. The woman called the police… Continue reading Florida man arrested as cops bring down SIM swap scam ring
A flaw detected by users in the pre-installed Samsung Message App on Samsung Galaxy phones causes the app to forward random user photos to arbitrary contacts without the user’s knowledge, according to discussion threads on both reddit and the man… Continue reading Samsung Message App flawed; random user pics leaked to contacts
Why users always fall for the lamest phishing scams is beyond comprehension, but hackers take advantage of this weakness and hide their scheming behind the usual fake prizes and too-good-to-be-true giveaways. This time, it was Adidas’ turn to fea… Continue reading Adidas fans hit by phishing scam
Phone application TeenSafe allegedly leaked thousands of passwords that were kept on a vulnerable Amazon server, found Robert Wiggins, a security researcher based in the UK. The application was created for parents to keep track of their children’… Continue reading Kid monitoring app TeenSafe exposes user data
It’s already tough for users to understand app permission requests to access various features on their phones. Kids who download game or language apps face an even tougher time understanding what they are giving up in exchange. Because we rarely … Continue reading Over 3,000 free Android apps violate kids’ US privacy law
If you’re a member of the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang, you’re probably used to China’s high level of surveillance that many other countries would find Orwellian. Whereas many of us are concerned that law enforcement agencies … Continue reading China forces spyware onto Muslim’s Android phones, complete with security holes
Apple has confirmed that it is working on a bug fix that will stop apps like Messages from crashing when they attempt to display a Unicode symbol representing a letter from the south Indian language of Telugu. The Unicode-based bug has been exploited b… Continue reading “Killer text bomb” crashed iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches
After working on its development since last year, WhatsApp has introduced a beta version of its digital payment feature on Android and iOS in India. The network’s peer-to-peer payment specification will be available to an exclusive group of teste… Continue reading WhatsApp tests viability of digital payment feature in India
What’s happened? Earlier this week someone anonymously published a key piece of Apple’s iOS source code onto GitHub. Which bit of iOS was it? It was an integral part of iOS known as “iBoot” – the section of code which cont… Continue reading Apple’s iOS source code leak – what you need to know