Are you a WhatsApp user? If you are you may have heard of the FMWhatsApp mod. It promises to improve the WhatsApp user experience by improving user privacy, giving access to custom chat themes, emoji packs from other social networking sites, app locking via a customizable PIN, and more. Hackers have hijacked this legitimate and …
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Google recently announced some additional details relating to their \”Safety Section\” feature of the Google Play store. This is part of an ongoing effort to make the Play Store a safer and more transparent place. At the center of this plan is a new requirement that app developers must share details about what information their …
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If you own an Android smart device, be advised there has been a data leak. Security researchers at Check Point have recently discovered a massive data leak that left an assortment of personal data for more than 100 million Android users exposed. The data was found in unprotected databases used by a total of 23 …
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Several months back, Google introduced a new feature to its Chrome browser that searched a user\’s stored passwords, comparing them against a list of known compromised passwords. The best part is they are alerting the user if any of the passwords they have saved have been compromised. It\’s an excellent feature and definitely helps to …
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Recently, Google did some house cleaning. They removed ten different apps from the Play Store, all of which contained droppers for financial Trojans, this according to a recent blog post by Check Point Research. Apparently, all ten of the poisoned apps were submitted by the same threat actor, who took pains to get them past …
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A new, high severity vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm\’s MSM (Mobile Station Modem) chips, including the company\’s latest 5G-capable versions. The security issue could allow hackers to access a user\’s call history, text messages, and even listen in on their conversations. Unfortunately, given the ubiquity of these chips in today\’s smartphones, this flaw impacts …
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About eighteen months ago, a number of big mobile carriers got together to create the \”Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative.\” Their goal was to roll out a Rich Communication Services (RCS) platform designed to allow for text messaging across a variety of platforms, creating a seamless user experience. It\’s something that sounds simple enough, and it\’s a …
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Clubhouse has taken the internet by storm. Or rather, it has taken the iOS ecosystem by storm, since the company has yet to release an Android version of their increasingly popular app. If you\’re not sure what all the fuss is about, Clubhouse is an audio chat app that is invitation only. If you get …
The ongoing pandemic has impacted daily life in the United States in a number of ways, some predictable and others surprising. On the predictable side, when tens of thousands of employees were asked to work from home, broadband internet connectivity saw a huge surge in use and nearly 80 percent of broadband users upgraded their …
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Most apps these days make use of cloud storage in order to minimize their footprint on your device. That\’s good in theory, but based on new research from Zimperium, a disappointing percentage of app developers don\’t do nearly enough to secure the data they\’re housing for you. In fact, the recent study indicated that fully …
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