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Security researchers have just unveiled details of two covert surveillance campaigns that exploit weaknesses in the global telecom infrastructure. In a report published on Thursday, Citizen Lab explains that attackers abuse the signalling systems mobile operators use to support roaming, Read More …
The relentless pursuit of a personal best is a common motivator for athletes, but for one French naval officer, a routine morning run has now been linked to a national security scare. While the French military typically prides itself on Read More …
The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified to lawmakers on Wednesday. This is the first time since 2023 that the FBI has confirmed it was Read More …
Most iPhone owners have hopefully learned to manage app permissions by now, including allowing location access. But there’s another layer of location tracking that operates outside these controls. Your cellular carrier has been collecting your location data all along, and Read More …
WhisperPair is a set of attacks that lets an attacker hijack many popular Bluetooth audio accessories that use Google Fast Pair and, in some cases, even track their location via Google’s Find Hub network—all without requiring any user interaction. Researchers Read More …
Journalists in Europe found it was “easy” to spy on top European Union officials using commercially obtained location histories sold by data brokers, despite the continent having some of the strongest data protection laws in the world. EU officials said Read More …
A security researcher has found over a thousand publicly exposed hobby servers run by Tesla vehicle owners that are spilling sensitive data about their vehicles, including their granular location histories. Seyfullah Kiliç, founder of cybersecurity company SwordSec, said he found Read More …
Millions of users of popular apps such as Vinted, Spotify, Candy Crush and Tinder may have had their sensitive location data stolen by an unknown hacker who has posted details on a Russian-language site popular with cyber-criminals. In what is Read More …
The New Orleans terrorist attacker visited the Louisiana city twice in the weeks before the attack and recorded video of the area using Meta smart glasses, the FBI revealed Sunday. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, stayed at a rental home in New Read More …
A data leak at the software company Cariad, a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW), left the personal details of electric car owners in Europe available online for months, Germany’s Spiegel news magazine reported on Friday. The movement data Read More …
