Qualcomm Chip Flaw Leaves 900m Android Devices Open to Attack

Four vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm chips used in 900 million Android devices leave affected phones and tablets open to attacks that could give hackers complete system control. Researchers at Check Point who found the flaw are calling the vulnerability Quadrooter and say that a patch isn’t...

Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New 'QuadRooter' Attack

Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide. What's even worse: Most of those affected Android devices will probably never be patched. Dubbed...

Apple hires Encryption Expert to Beef Up Security on its Devices

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have waged legal war on encryption and privacy technologies. You may have heard many news stories about the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter. However, that was just one battle in ...

Silent Circle Blackphone Security Bypass Vulnerability

Silent Circle Blackphone is a smartphone that offers privacy protection features. A security vulnerability exists in Silent Circle Blackphone that allows an attacker to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized operations...

Silent Circle Blackphone Icera Modem Security Patch

Silent Circle, makers of the security and privacy focused Blackphone, have patched a vulnerability that could allow a malicious mobile application or remote attacker to access the device’s modem and perform any number of actions. The update was released Dec. 7 in version 1.1.13 RC3; details of th...

Android Stagefright Flaws Put 950 Million Devices at Risk

Vulnerabilities discovered in the Stagefright media playback engine that is native to Android devices could be the mobile world’s equivalent to Heartbleed. Almost all Android devices contain the security and implementation issues in question; unpatched devices are at risk to straightforward attac...

Signal 2.0 — Free iPhone App for Encrypted Calls and Texts

An open source software group, Open Whisper Systems, has announced the release of Signal 2.0 — the second version of its free and open source messaging application for iPhone and iPad users. Signal app is specifically designed to make secure and easy-to-use encrypted voice calling. But that’s wha...

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A message to break the“world's most secure phones” Myhack58 everreportstoo, known as“ the world's most secure phone”the BlackPhone at last year's black hat Conference on hackers team TeamAndIRC the group with a time of 5 minutes to hack to get root access. But recently, researchers went on it fou...

Memory Corruption Bug Patched in Blackphone Silent Text App

Blackphone and Silent Circle have patched a serious vulnerability in Silent Text, the messaging application bundled with the smartphone that’s marketed as secure and surveillance resistant. Mark Dowd, a prominent security researcher and founder of Azimuth Security, on Tuesday disclosed details of...

Ultra-secure Blackphone Vulnerability lets Hackers Decrypt Texts

The makers of ultra secure BlackPhone titled by Silent Circle as, "world’s first Smartphone which places privacy and control directly in the hands of its users," have recently fixed a critical vulnerability in the instant messaging application that allows hackers to run malicious code on the...

Blackphone Bug Bounty Program Launches on Bugcrowd

During DEF CON in August, Twitter became the preferred medium for submitting bugs found in secure smartphone Blackphone, including one high-profile claim on the social network that the phone had been rooted. That wasn’t the final straw that led to today’s announcement of a bug bounty, rather it w...

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Blackphone,the carrier-independent and vendor-independent smartphone is stored privacy and let theuserhas direct permissions to the target is created, known as the world's most secure phone. However, the Bluebox security team in testing the phone, found that is not nothing. ! The research team...

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso Wrap Up Black Hat and DEF CON 2014

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso look back on the news from the last week in Las Vegas at Black Hat and DEF CON, including the Blackphone rooting, the Computrace research and the more upbeat mood at the conferences this year. Download: digitalunderground162.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves Image via Bla...

Blackphone DEF CON Vulnerabilities Difficult to Exploit

If ever there was a hacking story screaming for clarity, it’s the Blackphone saga that unfolded during DEF CON. First off, yes, the device was rooted by a researcher who goes by the handle Justin Case @TeamandIRC on Twitter—but not in five minutes as has been previously reported. Yes, it requires...

NSA-Proof "Blackphone" Gets Rooted Within 5 Minutes

The ultra secure NSA-Proof Blackphone titled as, “world’s first Smartphone which places privacy and control directly in the hands of its users,” has been rooted within 5 minutes at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas this weekend. Blackphone, a joint venture between encrypted...

In the Wake of the Snowden Revelations, A Wave of Innovation

It was an absurd scene. Keith Alexander, the director of the NSA and a four-star general in the Army, stood alone on the stage, squinting through the floodlights as members of the standing-room-only crowd shouted insults and accusations. Armed men in dark suits roamed the area in front of the...

Silent Circle's Blackphone - Privacy and Security Focused Smartphone for $629

Earlier this year encrypted communications firm Silent Circle and Spanish Smartphone maker Geeksphone announced a privacy-focused encrypted Smartphone called 'Blackphone' and today the company has revealed it as 'Mobile World Congress' in Barcelona. The Blackphone titled as, “world’s first...

PGP Inventor announced encrypted PrivatOS based #BLACKPHONE against NSA surveillance

Mobile security may not be secure as you think. In September we have reported that the National Security Agency has the ability to access data on iOS, Android and even BlackBerry devices. Everyday a new revelation of NSA Surveillance Program makes Security and Privacy a major concern for all of u...