Pierluigi Paganini
March 23, 2017
Hackers belonging to the Turkish Crime Family group threaten to remotely wipe hundreds of millions of iPhones unless Apple pays a ransom. Crooks are claiming to have over 627 millions of iCloud credentials and intend to wipe date from iPhones, iPads and Macs if the Apple does not pay $150,000 within two weeks. Members of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 23, 2017
Chinese scammers are deploying rogue cellphone towers to spread the Android Swearing Trojan via malicious URL in SMS messages. Chinese scammers are deploying fake mobile base stations to spread the Android Swearing Trojan in text messages. The attackers have improved the well-known Smishing attack using rogue cell phone towers as the attack vector and distribute the Android […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2017
Privacy Guard is an Android app that evaluates the risks of data privacy relying on the permissions requested by the apps installed on a device. Mobile devices collect a large volume of personal information that could be used for malicious purposes by adversaries. In order to increase the awareness of user towards the possibility of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2017
A single picture could have been used by attackers to hack the popular secure messaging applications WhatsApp and Telegram. Security experts from Checkpoint have discovered a vulnerability that was present in both messaging services. The hack only affected the browser-based versions of both WhatsApp and Telegram. The flaw affected the way both apps process images and multimedia […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2017
Experts discovered pre-installed malware on 38 high-end smartphone models belonging to popular manufacturing companies such as Samsung, LG, Xiaomi and Asus. In the past, security experts have already reported cases of pre-installed malware on mobile devices. In September 2015, security experts at G-Data security firm discovered new cases of Chinese Android mobile devices infected by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2017
Confide App, the secure messaging app used by staffers in the White House and on Capitol Hill is not as secure as the company claims. Confide is the secure messaging app used by President Donald Trump’s staffers for their secret communication. The official website of the application defines the encryption implemented by the mobile application […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2017
The new UK Prisons and Courts Bill will let mobile networks to deploy IMSI catchers outside of prisons to snoop on mobile phone users. The Prisons and Courts Bill, introduced to Parliament last week, will let mobile networks to deploy IMSI catchers outside of prisons to snoop on mobile phone users. The IMSI catchers are surveillance equipment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2017
Experts at Kaspersky Lab have analyzed several Android car apps and discovered that most of them lack proper security features to protect vehicles. Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab have analyzed seven of the most popular Android apps that allow to remotely control millions of modern cars. The experts discovered that the Android apps, whose name […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2017
Signal, the most secure instant messaging app, introduced the Video call feature in public beta release. You can test is now! Signal is considered the most secure instant messaging app, searching for it on the Internet it is possible to read the Edward Snowdenâ testimony: âUse anything by Open Whisper Systemsâ Snowden says. The Cryptographer and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2017
According to the Russian forensic firm Elcomsoft the Apple iCloud saved deleted Safari browsing history over the years open the door to surveillance. According to digital forensics firm Elcomsof, Apple iCloud maintained deleted internet Safari browsing history over the years. The experts at Elcomsof discovered the issue while trying to extract records from iCloud accounts, they were able to retrieve supposedly deleted Safari browser […]
