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Are hackers in your phone? Here’s how to find out

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I’ve heard from many people who have been cyberstalked over the years. Sadly, today’s tech makes it all too easy. 

Take Apple AirTags, for example. They’re cheap, small, and easy to hide — and can tell the owner exactly where you are located. Here are six signs to look for if you suspect someone is tracking you this way. 

Then there are the people convinced someone is listening in on their calls or reading their texts. Sometimes, I believe something is going on. Other times, paranoia has set in. Here’s how to know if you’re being stalked or are just paranoid. 

It’s not always easy to tell if your phone has been compromised. Here are some tips for diagnosing a hacked phone. 

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Hacker attacking internet
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5 WAYS TO THINK LIKE A HACKER, STARTING TODAY

How does this happen in the first place? 

A person doesn’t necessarily have to be a hacker to get into your phone. Someone can hold your phone to your face when you’re sleeping and unlock it. This one act lets them snoop through your device without your knowledge. 

Then there’s software that does the job. Stalkerware is designed to track you using GPS, call logs, messages, images, browser history, and more. This software can be hidden behind another app that seems harmless. Tap or click for six signs stalkerware could be on your phone. 

There are harmful files and malicious links that can infect your phone without your knowledge. Something as innocuous as a PDF file can carry some poisonous data. That’s why it’s so important to be careful what you click. 

What about apps? Sketchy downloads can imitate well-known apps or try their luck to trick you into downloading and running them. Once you do so, your phone is infected with malware. 

There’s also a method called SIM swapping that is much more targeted. A criminal calls your phone carrier pretends to be you, and requests a new SIM card — disconnecting your old line and transferring everything to the criminal’s device.   

Tap or click for three ways to stop this scary attack. 

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Young mexican latinx man using laptop and smartphone (iStock)
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Look for the signs 

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Researchers Can Earn up to $25K to Hack Starlink, Find Bugs

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  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX said it encourages researchers to hack Starlink in a non-disruptive way.
  • If researchers submit findings through SpaceX’s bug bounty program, they could be paid up to $25,000.
  • One researcher recently said he hacked into Starlink using a $25 homemade device.

SpaceX says responsible researchers are welcome to hack into its satellite internet network, Starlink. It added that it could pay them up to $25,000 for discovering certain bugs in the service.

The announcement came after security researcher Lennert Wouters said last week he was able to hack into Starlink using a $25 homemade device. He said he performed the test as part of SpaceX’s bug bounty program, where researchers submit findings of potential vulnerabilities in Starlink’s network.

In a six-page document entitled “Starlink welcomes security researchers (bring on the bugs),” SpaceX congratulated Wouters on his research.

“We find the attack to be technically impressive, and is the first attack of its kind that we are aware of in our system,” SpaceX said in the document. Wouters’ hack involving a homemade circuit board shouldn’t worry any Starlink users and won’t directly affect the satellites, SpaceX added.

The company’s own engineers are always trying to hack Starlink to improve the service and make it more secure, SpaceX said in the document. It welcomed any security researchers who wanted to help secure Starlink, saying they should consider joining the team or contributing their findings to the company’s bug bounty program.

“We allow responsible security researchers to do their own testing, and we provide monetary rewards when they find and report vulnerabilities,” SpaceX said in the document.

On SpaceX’s bug bounty website, it says researchers who carry out…

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Researchers find 3,000+ mobile apps exposing Twitter API keys

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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered more than 3,000 mobile apps exposing Twitter Inc. application programming interface keys that can be used to gain access to or take over Twitter accounts.

Detailed today by security firm CloudSEK, 3,207 apps were found to be leaking valid Consumer Key and Consumer Secret keys. Some 230 apps, some of which are described as belonging to unicorn startups, were found to leak all four Twitter authentication credentials that could be used to take over Twitter accounts fully.

With full access, an attacker would gain the ability to perform actions such as reading direct messages, retweeting, liking, deleting and removing and adding followers, along with the ability to change account settings and the display picture on the account.

The researchers explain that the exposure of the API keys is typically the result of mistakes in which developers embed their authentication keys in the Twitter API but then forget to remove them when the mobile application is released.

By exposing the API keys, the risk of exploitation is genuine. A malicious actor who has access to the API keys can use them to create a “Twitter bot army” that could be used to spread false information or used in a phishing scam.

The researchers highlight a recent case where Twitter was exploited to promote a “fake suspension notices” phishing scam. In this case, verified Twitter accounts were used to lend credence to the scam.

The researchers concluded that it is imperative that API keys are not directly embedded in code and that developers should follow secure coding and deployment processes. Processes include implementing a standardized review procedure to ensure accurate versioning, hiding keys to increase security and rotating API keys to reduce the threat of leaked keys.

“There are only two ways to solve this problem,” David Stewart, chief executive officer of mobile app protection company Approov, told SiliconANGLE. “Either adopt a mobile security solution that enables you to store your API keys off the device and deliver them only when needed or require a second independent factor to be present alongside the API key to access backend data and resources –…

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