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Attackers could steal millions through online phone verification systems

Jul

2016

In the latest attack that shows how hard it is for users to identify phone numbers with premium call charges, a researcher has found that he could have earned millions by abusing the online phone verification systems used by Google, Microsoft, and Instagram. Many websites and mobile apps allow users to associate a phone number […]

Anything you keep in your smartphone may be used against you in a court of law

May

2016

Smartphones usually keep way more data about you than your communications provider. For example, the built in GPS-receiver provides more accurate location than tracking your mobile phone with cell tower triangulation. Smartphone “interrogations” are automated. It works like any other forensic analysis of a computer: an expert copies all necessary data with the help of […]

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The Critical Hole at the Heart of Our Cell Phone Networks

Apr

2016

IN FEBRUARY 2014, the US ambassador to Ukraine suffered an embarrassing leak. A secret conversation between him and US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland got posted to YouTube, in which Nuland spoke disparagingly about the European Union. The conversation occurred over unencrypted phones, and US officials told reporters they suspected the call was intercepted […]

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