Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 6, 2022) — Continuing down the Privacy Policy rabbit hole

As I wrote about last week, Ive been diving a lot into apps privacy policies recently. And I was recently made aware of a new type of app I never knew existed -- family trackers. There are countless mobile apps for parents to track their children or other family members based on their location,...

Police Across US Bypass Warrants With Mass Location-Tracking Tool

Plus: An unsecured database exposed face recognition data in China, ‘Cuba’ ransomware knocks out Montenegro, and more...

How to protect yourself and your kids against device theft

In no time at all, kids will be going back to school or starting college. And while gearing up for this, it’s very important to be aware of the threat from device loss in the school environment. Maybe you are away at university for the first time and have a new place to live, or maybe your kids...

How to protect yourself and your kids against device theft

In no time at all, kids will be going back to school or starting college. And while gearing up for this, its very important to be aware of the threat from device loss in the school environment. Maybe you are away at university for the first time and have a new place to live, or maybe your kids ha...

Researchers Find Bluetooth Signals Can be Fingerprinted to Track Smartphones

A new research undertaken by a group of academics from the University of California San Diego has revealed for the first time that Bluetooth signals can be fingerprinted to track smartphones and therefore, individuals. The identification, at its core, hinges on imperfections in the Bluetooth...

Coffee app in hot water for constant tracking of user location

A mobile app violated Canadas privacy laws via some pretty significant overreach with its tracking of device owners. The violation will apparently not bring the app owners, Tim Hortons, any form of punishment. However, the fallout from this incident may hopefully serve as a warning to others with...

Your Tim Hortons Coffee App Knew Where You Were at All Times

The Canada-based company illegally collected “vast amounts of location data,” such as every time a person entered or left their home, workplace, or another coffee shop...

Google Urged to Stop Tracking Location Data Ahead of Roe Reversal

Lawmakers argue Android phone data could be “weaponized against women” if the US Supreme Court officially overturns abortion protections...

Lumos System Can Find Hidden Cameras and IoT Devices in Your Airbnb or Hotel Room

A group of academics has devised a system that can be used on a phone or a laptop to identify and locate Wi-Fi-connected hidden IoT devices in unfamiliar physical spaces. With hidden cameras being increasingly used to snoop on individuals in hotel rooms and Airbnbs, the goal is to be able to...

iPhone Malware that Operates Even When the Phone Is Turned Off

Researchers have demonstrated iPhone malware that works even when the phone is fully shut down. t turns out that the iPhone’s Bluetooth chip­--which is key to making features like Find My work­--has no mechanism for digitally signing or even encrypting the firmware it runs. Academics at Germany’s...

Facebook to Terminate some Location Tracking Services and Features

By Deeba Ahmed The social network giant plans the years most extensive bulk data deletion, including wiping out users location histories.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook to Terminate some Location Tracking Services and Features...

Apple Mail Now Blocks Email Trackers

Apple Mail now blocks email trackers by default. Most email newsletters you get include an invisible "image," typically a single white pixel, with a unique file name. The server keeps track of every time this "image" is opened and by which IP address. This quirk of internet history means that...

Zenly Social-Media App Bugs Allow Account Takeover

Zenly, a social app from Snap that allows users to see the locations of friends and family on a live map, contains a pair of vulnerabilities that could endanger those being tracked. According to the Checkmarx Security Research Team, the bugs are a user-data exposure vulnerability and an...

CVE-2021-25516

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in Exynos baseband prior to SMR Dec-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to track locations...

CVE-2021-25516

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in Exynos baseband prior to SMR Dec-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to track locations...

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An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in Exynos baseband prior to SMR Dec-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to track locations...

CVE-2021-25516

CVE-2021-25516 affects Samsung Exynos baseband (prior to SMR Dec-2021 Release 1). An improper handling of exceptional conditions in the baseband’s RRC MeasurementReport allows an attacker to track a device’s location. Impact is described as location-tracking with high practicality on affected Sam...

CVE-2021-25516

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in Exynos baseband prior to SMR Dec-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to track locations...

Google Play Sign-Ins Allow Covert Location-Tracking

It’s possible to track someone’s user location via Google Play sign-ins, a researcher has discovered – a potential stalker avenue that, so far, the internet behemoth has yet to address. “With the aid of Google I was able to ‘spy’ on my wife’s whereabouts without having to install anything on her...

Google Play sign-ins can be abused to track another person’s movements

Even people that have been involved in cybersecurity for over 20 years make mistakes. I’m not sure whether that is a comforting thought for anyone or whether everyone should be worried now. But it is what it is and I make it a habit of owning my mistakes. So here goes. With the aid of Google I wa...