You can’t delete Facebook from some Androids and people aren’t happy

The #DeleteFacebook movement may be growing, but many Samsung users are having a tough time scraping the social network’s preinstalled software from their phones. Continue reading You can’t delete Facebook from some Androids and people aren’t happy

Facial recognition on 42 Android phones beaten by photo test

How easy is it to bypass the average smartphone’s facial recognition security? In the case of Android, a lot easier than owners may think. Continue reading Facial recognition on 42 Android phones beaten by photo test

Researchers earn thousands for exposing mobile device exploits at Pwn2Own

Security researchers competing in the Pwn2Own competition in Tokyo this week earned a collective $325,000 for demonstrating new exploits on devices made by Samsung, Xiaomi, and Apple. Pwn2Own, a series of contests run by the Zero Day Initiative, brings security researchers to compete to expose the most vulnerabilities in popular software and devices. The competition in Tokyo on Tuesday and Wednesday focused on mobile devices. Researchers showed off an array of different methods in which the devices could be compromised, according to blogs posted by the Zero Day Initiative. Among their conquests, a duo of hackers known as Fluoroacetate used near-field communication to force the Xiaomi Mi6 phone to a custom website. They then executed code on a Samsung Galaxy S9 using a baseband vulnerability, and successfully exfiltrated a deleted picture from an iPhone X. A team of researchers from MWR Labs, division of F-Secure, used a string of different bugs to force the Xiaomi Mi6 and […]

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