ZDNet |
NSA planned Google Play hack to target Android smartphones
ZDNet GCHQ, the British electronic eavesdropping agency, developed tools to target iPhones and Android devices. These tools, named after the children's television cartoon characters "The Smurfs," allowed the agency to determine a device's location with … |
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Watch global cyberwarfare play out in real time
Geek Then you'll want to keep this map of realtime cyber attacks open at all times on a monitor or two. The security experts at Norse Corporation put together a slick tracking system that analyzes data gathered from more than 40+ countries where their … |
Ars Technica |
Secret keys stashed in Google Play apps pose risk to Android users, developers
Ars Technica A recent scan of the Google Play market found that Android apps contained thousands of secret authentication keys that could be maliciously used to access private cloud accounts on Amazon or compromise end-user profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and a half … Google's backward step on Android app privacy |
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Android 4.4.3 update rolling out to Nexus, Motorola, and Play devices now
ZDNet nexus-5-thumb Android 4.4.3 will soon be available for the Nexus 5. Image: Google. The rollout of Google's Android 4.4.3 is under way and, as usual, the first handsets to receive the OS updates are Nexus, Motorola, and Google Play Edition devices. |