Huge T-Mobile hack could have compromised personal data of 100 million users

by dbadmin | Aug 16, 2021 | Cybersecurity, News, T-Mobile

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A hacker claims to have stolen the personal information of 100 million T-Mobile customers. Motherboard was able to see a sample of this information and verify its accuracy. T-Mobile is investigating the matter. A massive...

Here’s how Android apps on Google Play will share their security policies

by dbadmin | Jul 28, 2021 | Android, Android apps, Android Security, Cybersecurity, Google, Google Play Store, News, Privacy

Credit: Mika Baumeister / Unsplash Google has detailed how the Play Store’s new safety section will show app privacy and security. You’ll see a summary of how the app protects data, including encryption. Developers will have to declare this info starting April 2022....

What is Pegasus and how is it used for spying?

by dbadmin | Jul 25, 2021 | Android Security, Cybersecurity, Features

Government sanctioned cyber-surveillance is back in the news, following an exposé by The Guardian and 16 other media organization that reveals how commercial malware is being used by authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians, and journalists. The...

Unsurprising report: Government spyware allegedly misused to spy on citizens

by dbadmin | Jul 19, 2021 | Cybersecurity, News, Privacy

A bombshell report from The Guardian alleges that governments around the world could be misusing a popular type of spy software. To gain access to the software, government agencies need to agree to only use it for criminal and terrorism investigations. The report...

A carrier may have injected ads into Google’s 2FA texts (Update: Google responds)

by dbadmin | Jun 30, 2021 | Android Security, Cybersecurity, Google, News

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority A developer has reported injected ads in their Google verification text message. The Google Messages app subsequently marked it as spam. Google has since clarified that it didn’t inject this ad into the text. Update: June 30,...

A carrier may have injected ads into Google’s 2FA texts, and that’s just silly

by dbadmin | Jun 29, 2021 | Android Security, Cybersecurity, Google, News

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority A developer has reported injected ads in their Google verification text message. The Google Messages app subsequently marked it as spam. Googlers have denied that the search giant injected the ad into the SMS. Two-step...