Category Archives: Phones

EncroChat Hacked by Police

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French police hacked EncroChat secure phones, which are widely used by criminals: Encrochat’s phones are essentially modified Android devices, with some models using the "BQ Aquaris X2," an Android handset released in 2018 by a Spanish electronics company, according to the leaked documents. Encrochat took the base unit, installed its own encrypted messaging programs which route messages through the firm’s… Continue reading EncroChat Hacked by Police→

Wallpaper that Crashes Android Phones

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This is interesting: The image, a seemingly innocuous sunset (or dawn) sky above placid waters, may be viewed without harm. But if loaded as wallpaper, the phone will crash. The fault does not appear to have been maliciously created. Rather, according to developers following Ice Universe’s Twitter thread, the problem lies in the way color space is handled by the… Continue reading Wallpaper that Crashes Android Phones→

Bluetooth Bugs Allow Impersonation Attacks on Legions of Devices

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A host of unpatched security bugs that allow BIAS attacks affects Bluetooth chips from Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung and others. Continue reading Bluetooth Bugs Allow Impersonation Attacks on Legions of Devices→

Newly Declassified Study Demonstrates Uselessness of NSA’s Phone Metadata Program

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The New York Times is reporting on the NSA’s phone metadata program, which the NSA shut down last year: A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans’ domestic phone calls and text messages cost $100 million from 2015 to 2019, but yielded only a single significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. Moreover, only twice during that… Continue reading Newly Declassified Study Demonstrates Uselessness of NSA’s Phone Metadata Program→

ToTok Is an Emirati Spying Tool

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The smartphone messaging app ToTok is actually an Emirati spying tool: But the service, ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to American officials familiar with a classified intelligence assessment and a New York Times investigation into the app and its developers. It is used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to try to track every conversation, movement,… Continue reading ToTok Is an Emirati Spying Tool→