Tag Archive for: Sensor

Android malware hides from security boffins using motion sensor data – The INQUIRER

Android malware hides from security boffins using motion sensor data  The INQUIRER

MALWARE IS GETTING worryingly smart, as seen with some malicious Android apps that can monitor motion sensor data on an infected device to make sure it …

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Android Sensor Attack Can Guess PINs with 94% Accuracy – On the Wire (blog)


On the Wire (blog)

Android Sensor Attack Can Guess PINs with 94% Accuracy
On the Wire (blog)
… serious privacy and security issues, as researchers at Newcastle University established with a new attack the can recover a user's four-digit phone PIN 94 percent of the time by measuring the output from an Android device's motion and orientation

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