A startlingly high number of mobile devices have been covertly modified to pose a security risk to organizations.Researchers at security vendor Zimperium estimate that around one out of every 1,000 devices it encounters have either been rooted (Android) or jailbroken (iOS).While one-tenth of 1 percent does not seem on the surface to be a significant … Read more
Has your old Chromecast suddenly developed a problem? You’re not alone it seems. Many users of second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio streaming devices have discovered that their beloved dongles have gone belly-up and are showing error messages such as: “Untrusted device: [name] couldn’t be verified. This could be caused by outdated firmware.” And what has … Read more
Mar 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Open Source Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale malvertising campaign that’s estimated to have impacted over one million devices globally as part of what it said is an opportunistic attack designed to steal sensitive information. The tech giant, which detected the activity in early December 2024, is tracking it … Read more
Updated on May 21, 2021, 1:30pm to include a statement from Cradlepoint Serious security vulnerabilities have been found in Bluetooth Core and Mesh Profile Specifications, which allow hackers to impersonate legitimate devices and carry on Man-in-the-Middle(MITM) attacks. Researchers from Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information (ANSSI) disclosed several vulnerabilities in the two Bluetooth specifications … Read more
Feb 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Espionage Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors have been observed targeting individuals of interest via the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to gain unauthorized access to their accounts. “The most novel and widely used technique underpinning Russian-aligned attempts to compromise Signal accounts is the abuse of the app’s legitimate ‘linked devices’ … Read more
