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The group, called Google You Owe Us, said in a declaration Thursday that it was the first case of its sort in the U.K. against a major tech business over the alleged misuse of private data. It says the Alphabet Inc. unit wrongly collected people’s personal data by bypassing the iPhone’s default privacy settings. Richard […]
When iPhone X was launched, Apple claimed its Face ID system is unbeatable, but that turned out to be untrue when a group of hackers unlocked an iPhone X after bypassing its Face ID with a specially crafted 3D mask a few days ago. Now, a 10-year-old kid has unlocked his mother’s iPhone X with his face by […]
Apple Inc. introduced Face ID facial recognition system on September 12, 2017, with the launch of iPhone X and claimed that even high-quality masks such as those used in Hollywood movies couldn’t trick its security system. It turned out Apple was right because all it took for security researchers to fool Face ID was a […]
Eavesdropper is a dangerous new vulnerability identified by researchers from Appthority, an enterprise mobile threat protection firm. According to their findings, the vulnerability has affected about 700 iOS and Android applications so far due to which massive amount of sensitive mobile data has been exposed. Reportedly, millions of calls, voice recordings, and text messages have […]
Turns out all they ought to do was ask Apple for help. In a comment the tech titan has issued to the media, it said it “quickly reached out to the FBI after receiving from their press conference on Tuesday that prosecutors were trying to access a mobile phone.” Cupertino extended its assistance and even […]
A strange text error has left some iPhone users unable to write the letter “I”. But, every time they try to use the English first-person pronoun, it gets replaced by the letter A and an unprintable unicode character, normally presented as a question mark in a box (A[?]). The strange character combo looks as the […]
At the Mobile Pwn2Own competition 2017, white hat hackers managed to earn over half a million dollars after successfully proving the vulnerabilities present in Huawei’s Mate 9 Pro, Apple’s iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S8. Mobile Pwn2Own is a hacking contest held every year at the PacSec conference in Tokyo, Japan, by Trend Micro’s Zero […]
A few days ago, Apple started offering iPhone X pre-orders. As it turns out, within few minutes, people started getting delivery dates of late November or December. iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which are now available, are also in good demand. This brings us to iPhone X alternatives one can look for, which prompted […]
If you are an iPhone user and use Uber app, you would be surprised to know that widely popular ride-hailing app can record your screen secretly. Security researcher Will Strafach recently revealed that Apple selectively grants (what’s known as an “entitlement“) Uber a powerful ability to use the newly introduced screen-recording API with intent to […]
Facebook is known for tracking users even when they log off from the site; the social media giant also faces criticism over its tactics to collect user data. Now, it is being reported that Facebook is testing facial recognition technology to assist users in unlocking their Facebook accounts. This means Facebook will use your face to verify […]
If you remember the FBI paid millions of dollars to Israeli firm Cellebrite to unlock San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone. Now, it turns out that a $500 device that can recover passcodes of not one or two but three iPhone 7 at the same time. Believe it or not but this American YouTuber has posted a video showing a […]
IT security researchers at Israel based the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has discovered that smartphone users looking to replace or repair their device can become the target of a sophisticated hack attack allowing hackers to steal personal and financial data. The researchers conducted their tests on LG G Pad 7.0 and Huawei Nexus 6P smartphones […]
Dutch Police are quite active these days, a couple of weeks ago they took over Hansa, one of the most popular dark web marketplaces and just yesterday they released a list of vendors and buyers who have been arrested, identified or active in other markets. Now, Dutch police are back in the news with yet […]
The world’s two most popular mobile platforms are affected by a security vulnerability called Broadpwn and which allows attackers to gain remote code execution rights on unpatched devices. The security flaw was discovered by Exodus Intelligence researcher Nitay Artenstein and is documented in CVE-2017-3544. It describes a vulnerability in Broadcom’s BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips that are being used on […]
A relatively simple and yet threatening smartphone scam has emerged in which the victim gets scammed twice. The scam involves stealing an iPhone first and then manipulating the user into believing that the phone has been found. The process This is a scam that does not involve any hi-tech hacking or infiltration or any infection […]
Most of you may be aware of the plane crash that occurred on May 2016 with the EgyptAir Flight 804 that resulted in 66 passengers dying after the plane landed in the Mediterranean Sea. The flight had 15 French citizens who were also killed. According to the latest investigations carried out by French officials, it […]
When it comes to phishing scams, the general concept is that cyber criminals will only send a link to trick users into logging in with their social media or email credentials. But since that is an old school trick, the malicious threat actors are aiming at much more than your Facebook or Gmail password. Recently, […]
Short Bytes: An exploit was discovered by the Google Project Zero team in Broadcom WiFi chips used in various iPhone models and Android smartphones from various makers. The vulnerability could allow a hacker in close proximity to gain full control of the target device. Security fixes have been released by Apple; the other makers would […]
The Apple Inc issued a quick iPhone software update to iOS (10.3) yesterday when its customers reported a series of ransomware attacks targeting Safari browser. It all started last month when iPhone users were targeted with a ransomware note accusing them of watching x-rated and pirated content. Furthermore, the cyber criminals claimed that it will be […]
After leaking nude photos of Hollywood celebrities like Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried and WWE female superstar Paige, hackers have now leaked a trove of nude photos apparently belonging to former but extremely popular WWE Divas including like Maria Kanellis, Melina Perez, Kaitlyn and Summer Rae. The photos were leaked on a website known a celebrity gossip site. The photos show all above mentioned […]
It is 2017, but it’s still happening. The latest victims of this campaign include top celebrities, Amanda Seyfried, Emma Watson, Rhona Mitra, Alyssa Arce, Jillian Murray, Analeigh Tipton, Iliza Shlesinger and others. The leaked pictures and or videos were leaked yesterday on a celebrity gossip website “Celeb Jihad” ranging from nude selfies, explicitly sexual photos of intimate moments. The […]