A new vulnerability that allows any app to access the RAM on Samsung devices has been found by researchers who were looking into the kernel for Samsung’s Exynos systems. XDA Developers member alephzain first brought up the vulnerability on the site’s forum, claiming that access to the device’s …
Read More »Eavesdrop vulnerability discovered in Cisco phones
A number of 7900-series phones are affected, according to Forbes. The most recent vulnerability is founded on a lack of input validation at the syscall interface, according to Columbia University graduate student Ang Cui. This, Cui said, “allows arbitrary modification of kernel memory from userland, as …
Read More »Android Chrome Vulnerabilities fixed in this weeks updates
Google has released a security update for its Chrome browser on Android devices, solving seven medium-risk vulnerabilities and paying out a overall of $3,500 in rewards to two researchers. The update repairs two medium-rated bugs reported by Artem Chaykin for which he obtained a sum …
Read More »ZeuS trojan developed for phones
Security specialist Kaspersky Lab has discovered new versions of the ZeuS trojan apps for Android and BlackBerry devices that are mainly going after mobile TANs (mTANs) for online banking. The attacks primarily target users in Germany, Spain and Italy, where the mTAN system is commonly …
Read More »Law Enforcement Requested over 1.3 Million Cell Records in 2011
Representative Edward J. Markey has exposed that U.S. law enforcement authorities made a astonishing 1.3 million requests for mobile service companies to supply cell phone records of consumers. “Law enforcement agencies are looking for a needle, but what are they doing with the haystack? We …
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