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Google Hosted an Insecure App for Searching Personal Data of Palestinians
It’s possible to scrape the biographical data of thousands of Palestinians from an exposed server.
This Charger Takes Over Your Phone to Poison the Ad Data Amazon Wants
The FANGo charger hijacks your phone and creates junk data by aimlessly clicking, searching, and scrolling through sites like Amazon and Youtube
Encrypted Phone Company Helped Plan Crime Blogger’s Murder, Cops and Source Say
MPC, an encrypted phone company Motherboard revealed as being created by organized crime, "put him on a plate for the Moroccans to pull the trigger."
Inside the Phone Company Secretly Run By Drug Traffickers
Crime blogger Martin Kok was assassinated while leaving a sex club. It turned out MPC, one of his clients, was not an ordinary phone company.
Signal Bug Could Have Let Hackers Listen to Android Users Via Microphone
Google’s Project Zero recently reported the issue, which the Signal maintainers have now fixed.
Hackers Tried to Compromise Phones of Tibetans Working for Dalai Lama
Citizen Lab details new hacking campaigns against high-profile Tibetans using iPhones and Android smartphones.
The DEA Didn’t Buy Malware From Israel’s Controversial NSO Group Because It Was Too Expensive
Emails between the DEA and NSO obtained by Motherboard explain why the DEA didn't purchase the company's malware in 2014.
Exploit Sellers Say There are More iPhone Hacks on the Market Than They’ve Ever Seen
There are caveats and the sellers are only a slice of the exploit market, but two exploit brokers say they’re seeing more iOS attacks now.
Antivirus Companies Now Flag Malware China Installs on Tourists’ Phones
After a collaborative investigation found Chinese authorities were planting malware on the phones of travellers, Symantec, Malwarebytes and other cybersecurity firms have updated their products.
The Open Source Project That Keeps Google's Hands Off Your Android Data
MicroG gives users control over what data is used, where, when, and how.
Trump’s Sanctions on China Are Making Huawei Phones Less Secure
Google is shutting down its business relationship with Huawei. What does this mean for the security of your Huawei devices?
Google Just Dropped Over 50 Gender-Fluid Emojis
We now have gender-ambiguous zombies, vampires and merpeople.