By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter App-based guides for games, including Fifa and Pokemon Go, were used to target more than 500,000 Android users with malware, a cyber-security company has said.…
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Chinese Trojan Spreads Via Fake Base Stations
By Phil Muncaster Security experts have uncovered a sophisticated cyber-attack campaign in China designed to spread Android malware via fake mobile base stations. The “Swearing Trojan” malware – so named…
Newly leaked documents show low-level CIA Mac and iPhone hacks
For years, the CIA has known of implants for iPhones and low-level rootkits for Macbooks By Lucian Constantin The U.S. CIA has had tools to infect Apple Mac computers by…
Security flaws 'undiscovered for years'
Security holes known as zero-day vulnerabilities can lie dormant for up to 10 years, a study has suggested. And this means that hackers have plenty of time to develop sophisticated…
Pwnd Android conference phone exposes risk of spies in the boardroom
Researchers could listen in on meetings and plant backdoors. By John Leyden Security researchers have uncovered a flaw in conference phone systems from Mitel that create a means for hackers…
Viral Chinese selfie app Meitu phones home with personal data
Reg man submits self to invasive sparkly-unicorn androgyny transformation Darren Pauli The app harvests information about the devices on which it runs, includes invasive advertising tracking features and is just…