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Researchers have figured out a way to ‘hack’ Apple Siri

Researchers in France have figured out a way to silently hack Siri from up to 16 feet away, exposing your iPhone to a wide range of mischief, Wired reports. The researchers used radio waves to initiate voice commands on services like Siri or Google Now …
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Google’s own researchers challenge key Android security talking point – Ars Technica


Ars Technica

Google's own researchers challenge key Android security talking point
Ars Technica
Members of Google's Project Zero vulnerability research team have challenged a key talking point surrounding the security of Google's Android mobile operating system. To wit, a key exploit mitigation known as address space layout randomization does

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Researchers make easy work of Android lockscreen security – We Live Security (blog)


We Live Security (blog)

Researchers make easy work of Android lockscreen security
We Live Security (blog)
The security flaw was reported by the team from the university to the Android security team towards the end of June. In August, it committed a patch to resolve the issue and on September 9th, announced that the 5.1.1 build LMY48M had fixed the issue.
Lock screen flaw found in AndroidBBC News
Google Patches Latest Android Lockscreen BypassThreatpost
Android lockscreen can be hacked using a simple text password: Overloading the Daily Mail
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Kaspersky And FireEye Security Products Cracked By Researchers – International Business Times


International Business Times

Kaspersky And FireEye Security Products Cracked By Researchers
International Business Times
… including Flame as well as revealing the operation of the highly-sophisticated Equation Team earlier this year. In August, Kaspersky Lab denied claims from two former employees that it seeded fake malware signatures to competitors' anti-virus

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