April 07, 2020

Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds

A study has found that thousands of legitimate Android apps are taking liberties or installing with capabilities that users wouldn’t expect to exist.

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March 02, 2020

Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack

Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.

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December 05, 2019

Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update

Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.

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November 21, 2019

Android camera bug could have turned phones against their users

Google has patched a bug in the Android camera app that allowed other applications to bypass the strict controls on camera and audio access.

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November 19, 2019

Brand new Android smartphones shipped with 146 security flaws

If you think brand new, just-out-of-the-box Android smartphones are immune from security vulnerabilities - think again.

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October 21, 2019

Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint reader beaten by $3 gel protector

The fingerprint reader on Samsung’s flagship S10 and Note10 smartphones can be spoofed with a $3 screen protector.

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May 29, 2019

New research generates deepfake video from a single picture

Now it's easier for attackers to produce deepfakes, even if the target doesn't have much existing footage. Like the Mona Lisa.

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April 09, 2019

Hacker unlocks Samsung S10 with 3D-printed fingerprint

According to a video posted on the Imgur site Friday, it’s possible to bypass the biometrics on the new Galaxy S10 range using a 3D-printed fingerprint in minutes.

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January 10, 2019

You can’t delete Facebook from some Androids and people aren’t happy

The #DeleteFacebook movement may be growing, but many Samsung users are having a tough time scraping the social network’s preinstalled software from their phones.

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