First AT&T Transparency Report Shows 2,000+ NSL Requests
AT&T, in its first transparency report, said that it received at least 2,000 National Security Letters and nearly 38,000 requests for location data on its subscribers in 2013.
Mobile Security
Researchers Find Serious Flaws in WeMo Home Automation Devices
Researchers at IOActive found a series of vulnerabilities in the WeMo home automation products built by Belkin that enable them to gain remote control of connected devices, provide malicious firmware updates and gain access to the internal LAN.
BlackBerry Releases Guidelines to Deter Privacy-Infringing Apps
BlackBerry this week released a new set of privacy guidelines its encouraging third-party app developers to follow to better protect their customers.
Facebook has fixed Instagram to remedy a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that could’ve put some photos users thought were private, out in the open.
Facebook open sourced its Conceal Java-based crypto libraries for Android devices. Conceal is a lightweight library built for efficiency on Android hardware.
Proof-of-concept mobile malware logs keystrokes and captures screen-grabs on jailbroken iOS and Android devices in order to steal online log-in credentials and other sensitive information from targeted devices.
A VPN bypass bug in Android’s Jelly Bean 4.3 build disclosed last week is also present in Android’s most recent operating system, KitKat 4.4.
Just one day after the photo sharing application announced its latest security measure, a researcher claimed he was able to hack it with as little as 100 lines of C++ code.
A new strain of Android malware has emerged that masquerades as an Android security app but once installed, can steal text messages and intercept phone calls.
After months of public calls from privacy advocates and security experts, Verizon on Wednesday released its first transparency report, revealing that it received more than 164,000 subpoenas and between 1,000 and 2,000 National Security Letters in 2013. The report, which covers Verizon’s landline, Internet and wireless services, shows that the company also received 36,000 warrants, […]
