Decline in robocalls is encouraging, efforts seem to be working

The Federal Communications Commission FCC has announced that its recent actions with the Federal Trade Commission FTC against international robocalls appear to have had an effect. Robocalls are automated phone calls, often associated with scams and unwanted solicitations, which can be a nuisance ...

CVE-2020-14114

information leakage vulnerability exists in the Xiaomi SmartHome APP. This vulnerability is caused by illegal calls of some sensitive JS interfaces, which can be exploited by attackers to leak sensitive information...

CVE-2020-14114

information leakage vulnerability exists in the Xiaomi SmartHome APP. This vulnerability is caused by illegal calls of some sensitive JS interfaces, which can be exploited by attackers to leak sensitive information...

Got Robocalled? Don’t Get Mad; Get Busy.

Several times a week my cell phone receives the telephonic equivalent of spam: A robocall. On each occasion the call seems to come from a local number, but when I answer there is that telltale pause followed by an automated voice pitching some product or service. So when I heard from a reader who...

FTC Asking DEF CON to Help Catch Robocallers

The United States Federal Trade Commission is sick and tired of illegal robocalling, and it’s hosting a contest this year at the DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas in an attempt to do something about it. The consumer protection agency’s weariness likely stems from the more than 150,000...