British Intelligence is Legally Allowed to Hack Anyone, Court Says

Hacking of computers, smartphones and networks in the United Kingdom or abroad by the Government Communications Headquarters GCHQ is LEGAL, the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal IPT ruled. So, the UK is giving clean chit to its intelligence agency to spy on its people as well as people living...

Fisher-Price, hereO Toys Expose Kids' Personal Data

As more devices are connected to the Internet, not only are vulnerabilities introduced into those networked things, but also some glaring holes are exposed in organizations’ ability to receive and triage bug reports. Researchers at Rapid7 today disclosed details on a pair of vulnerabilities in to...

Your GPS Location and Calls Can be Spied Using Network Vulnerability

Yes, you heard it right. It's the dirty truth that’s featuring what is being called the largest privacy breach ever. Billions of cell phone users are at risk of a vulnerability in the SS7 inter-carrier network that allows hackers and spies agencies to track locations and intercept all voice calls...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UConnect allows a vehicle to be remotely controlled

Overview Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCA UConnect may allow a remote attacker to control physical vehicle functions. Description According to a WIRED news article, an unknown vulnerability in FCA UConnect software allows some functions of recent models of Jeep Cherokee to be controlled by a remote...

Satellite-Based Monitoring Constitutes a Fourth Amendment Search

The Supreme Court has weighed in on a series of lower court decisions, issuing a summary opinion that satellite-based monitoring is in fact a Fourth Amendment search. What remains to be decided is whether GPS-based tracking constitutes an unreasonable search and is thus a violation of the Fourth...

Samsung Insists Find My Mobile Service Safe

Samsung this week tried to quell recent reports that its Find My Mobile service is vulnerable to hacking, firing back at NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology who warned last month that the feature could be exploited. In a blog post on the company’s global blog Tuesday, Samsung...

Windows Spy tool equipped with Android malware to hack Smartphones

I am quite sure that you must be syncing your Smartphone with your Computers for transferring files and taking backup of your device. If you are using windows operating system and Android devices, then it’s a bad news for you, because FireEye Security Researchers have identified a new piece of...

Smartphones, A Perfect Cyber Espionage and Surveillance Weapon

The use of mobile devices in government environments concerns the secret service of any states, cyber espionage more often exploits the mobile platforms. Mobile devices are reason of great concern for governments, they have a great computational capability, huge memories to store our personal dat...

Feds do not need court warrants to Track your Car with GPS device

The US government is claiming that authorities do not need court warrants to affix GPS devices to vehicles to monitor their every move. t's been more than a year since a Supreme Court decision established that affixing a GPS tracking device to a vehicle constitutes a search under the constitution...

Two Texas Bills Could Shape Mobile Privacy

Two bills introduced in Texas this week could refine mobile privacy in the state and tweak how law enforcement can request sensitive information from cell phones going forward. A press release from the Texas Electronic Privacy Coalition TxEPC credits Bryan Hughes, a Republican from the town of...

GPS based tracking service provided by Samsung vulnerable to thieves

Samsung which is currently believed to the highest Smartphones Seller in the World is now providing a Remote tracking solution in all its smartphones to Track the lost phone with the name "Samsung Dive". The Service is based on the Architecture which primarily acquires precise location of the sma...

GPS based tracking service provided by Samsung vulnerable to thieves

Samsung which is currently believed to the highest Smartphones Seller in the World is now providing a Remote tracking solution in all its smartphones to Track the lost phone with the name "Samsung Dive". The Service is based on the Architecture which primarily acquires precise location of the sma...

Senator Seeks More Info On DOJ Location Tracking Practices

Senator Al Franken D-MN is demanding answers to questions about the U.S. Department of Justice DOJ practice of gathering data from wireless providers in order to monitor individuals’ movements using mobile phone location data. Franken released a copy of a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on...

TigerBot - SMS Controlled Android Malware Stealing Information

TigerBot - SMS Controlled Android Malware Stealing Information A new form of Android malware controlled via SMS messages has been discovered and the malware can record phone calls, upload the device's GPS location, and reboot the phone, among other things. Researchers at NQ Mobile, working...

US Supreme Court Ends Warrantless GPS Tracking

In a decision that was closeley watched by civil liberties group and the technology industry, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that GPS tracking devices constitute a “search” and that authorities must obtain a warrant before placing one on a suspect’s vehicle. In a rare 9-0 vote, the Court...

The Spy Files: Wikileaks expose Mobile Phone, Email Hacking capability

The Spy Files: Wikileaks expose Mobile Phone, Email Hacking capability Wikileaks has released dozens of new documents highlighting the state of the once covert, but now lucrative private sector global surveillance industry. According to Assange, over 150 private sector organisations in 25 countri...

Blowback: Microsoft, OnStar Pump the Brakes on Location Tracking

Redmond, Washington software giant, Microsoft, and Detroit based GM subsidiary, OnStar backtracked on policies widely seen as egregious privacy violations following lawsuits and public outcry. Here’s the news: Windows Phone Update Requires User Consent For Tracking Microsoft released their “Mango...

European Security Services GPS 1.x SQL Injection / Bypass

Title: ====== European Security Services GPS 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: ===== 2011-09-28 VL-ID: ===== 63 Reference: ========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=63 Introduction: ============= Für eine geringe Ortungsgebühr erhalten Sie einen Zugang zu unserem Online...

ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Release Date: ============= 2011-09-27 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 63 Product & Service Introduction: =============================== Für eine geringe Ortungsgebühr...

ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Release Date: ============= 2011-09-27 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 63 Product & Service Introduction: =============================== Für eine geringe Ortungsgebühr...