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Anyone who knows your WhatsApp number can figure out if you are only using the mobile app, or its companion web or desktop apps, a security researcher found. Tal Be’ery, the co-founder and CTO of crypto wallet maker ZenGo, found Read More …
During Unit 42 ivestigation discovering threats in legitimate network traffic, activity generated by a certain type of Android Package Kit (APK) files kept hitting their radar. The research revealed a family of malicious APKs targeting Chinese users that steals victim Read More …
A cyber attack has been carried out on the app ‘Smart Election Management BD’ of the Election Commission (EC) from Ukraine and Germany, said EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam on Sunday. He told the media that the Election Commission (EC) Read More …
Apple will now require a court order or search warrant to give push notification data to law enforcement in a shift from the previous practice of accepting a subpoena to hand over data. In Apple’s guidelines, which are made publicly Read More …
Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps’ push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet’s Google and Apple. Read More …
With the surging popularity of mobile applications, the landscape of cybersecurity is encountering increasingly intricate and discreet forms of malicious software. One common strategy in the realm of cybersecurity is code obfuscation. This practice involves the deliberate alteration of various Read More …
Scammers are abusing an Apple feature that allows websites to create push notifications that look like they’re coming from macOS, or apps. The notifications try to scare users into clicking a link with fake virus alerts or messages saying their Read More …
Microsoft has observed ongoing activity from mobile banking trojan campaigns targeting users in India with social media messages designed to steal users’ information for financial fraud. Using social media platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, attackers are sending messages designed to Read More …
The UK division of Samsung Electronics has allegedly alerted customers of a year-long data breach – the third such incident the South Korean giant has experienced around the world in the past two years. An email to customers, shared on Read More …
It is not rare that users of popular instant messaging services find the official client apps to be lacking in functionality. To address that problem, third-party developers come up with mods that offer sought-after features besides aesthetic upgrades. Unfortunately, some Read More …
