BBC News |
Blackphone 2 Review: A Slick But Very Expensive Prophylactic For Your Android …
Forbes Google GOOGL -2.19%'s Android OS has had its fair share of security issues this summer. In August, bugs in the Stagefright media tool in Android left as many as 950 million devices exposed to attacks that could be launched with one text. This month … Revamped 'privacy' phone launched |
Serial bughunter Mark Dowd found a hole where it *really* wasn’t wanted. In the text messaging software on the “absolute privacy” Blackphone…
Naked Security – Sophos
Researchers checking out the $ 629 (£390) Blackphone ultra-secure Android smartphone recently found a potentially significant vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to carry out a man-in-the-middle (MitM) to sniff the login credentials for the device’s Silent Circle apps.
The now-patched flaw discovered by Bluebox Security was a relatively straightforward if surprising one to do with the way the Blackphone was found to be implementing SSL security for its cornerstone apps, Silent Phone, Silent Text, Silent Contacts, Secure Wireless and SpiderOak.
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CRN |
Behind The Blackphone: The Future Of Mobile Security?
CRN Not surprisingly, it has caught the eyes of techies all over. CRN spoke exclusively with Blackphone CEO Toby Weir-Jones on the importance of the phone and mobile security as part of our Monday tablet-exclusive feature on mobile security operating systems. |