There may be hidden risks to billions of WhatsApp accounts. According to a recent analysis, there are major security flaws in the privacy of the communications that hackers might take advantage of. With merely their phone number, finding someone on WhatsApp is very simple for many users, and the frequency of searches appears to be […]
Unknown Android spyware called “BadBazaar” has been found to target China's ethnic and religious minorities, particularly the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Due to their cultural divergence from traditional eastern Chinese values, the central Chinese government has subjected the 13 million-strong Uyghur Muslim minority to extreme oppression. The new spyware was originally discovered by MalwareHunterTeam and linked to Bahamut in VirusTotal detections. […]
Over 3,000,000 people downloaded a new Android malware family from the Google Play Store that discreetly subscribes users to premium services. Maxime Ingrao, an Evina security researcher, found the malware, known as “Autolycos,” in at least eight Android applications, of which two are still downloadable from the Google Play Store as of this writing. The […]
Mozilla was busy working on a revised version of Firefox for Android, which is now live in the Beta and Nightly (previously Preview) channels of the browser. If you're still on Firefox ‘s regular stable version for Android, though, you should update right now. Firefox 68.10.1 is now running on the Play Store, which fixes […]
