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Millions of Android Devices Vulnerable to Network Scan Attack – Hack Read


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Millions of Android Devices Vulnerable to Network Scan Attack
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The problem, according to the researchers (Open Port Usage in Android Apps and Security Implications) [PDF] is that some of the apps are creating open ports on smartphones, which is not a new problem since the same issue was faced on computers but it

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Whoops. Millions of Android phones are wide open to hackers – Mashable


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Whoops. Millions of Android phones are wide open to hackers
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A group of researchers has determined that hundreds of apps in the store have a gaping security hole that potentially allows hackers to implant malware and steal data from millions of Android smartphones. According to a paper detailing the alleged flaw

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Selling spyware, making millions, breaking sanctions…

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Al Jazeera went undercover, approaching three companies on behalf of the governments of Iran and South Sudan – and found it all too easy to buy surveillance technology that could be used to spy on the countries’ citizens.

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Baseband Zero Day Exposes Millions of Mobile Phones to Attack

A previously undisclosed baseband vulnerability impacting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules and IoT components was revealed Thursday at the Infiltrate Conference
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