Steer Clear of Android iMessage App, Experts Say
An iMessage Chat app for Android has security experts worried because the app connects to a server in China and is also capable of downloading additional APKs and patches in the background.
Mobile Security
Hackers Bypass iPhone 5S Touch ID
Hackers from the venerable Chaos Computer Club in Germany have found a method for bypassing the new iPhone 5S Touch ID fingerprint security mechanism. The method, which is the first known technique for circumventing the iPhone’s newest security feature, involves taking a picture of a user’s fingerprint and then creating a latex copy of it to unlock the phone.
Facebook Android Bug Sent Users’ Photos in the Clear
A researcher has discovered a privacy bug in the Facebook Android app that enables an attacker to view and download any images that a user sends to Facebook. The problem derives from the fact that the app, along with the official Facebook Messenger app for Android, don’t send those images over HTTPS, even though the […]
A new email spam campaign is dropping Android malware, in this case FakeDefender, on phones.
If you haven’t heard, Apple unveiled two new iterations of the iPhone at one of the Cupertino company’s typically grandiose product events yesterday. As usual, there was plenty of hype to go around, but the biggest change as far as security is concerned is the addition of a fingerprint scanner on the high-end new iPhone 5S.
BlackBerry issued four security advisories, patching vulnerabilities in the Z10 and Q10 smartphones and the PlayBook tablet.
The Obad Android Trojan is being distributed by a botnet of mobile devices infected with the Opfake malware.
Recent versions of the mobile application for Yahoo’s popular fantasy football service are vulnerable to a session hijack attack.
A published study on picture-gesture authentication demonstrates weak points hackers could expose in guessing picture-based passwords.
DHS and the FBI issued a bulletin to emergency services personnel that out-of-date versions of Android on mobile devices poses a security risk.
