The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2023

As digital transformation accelerates, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become integral to software development – especially when it comes to adding cool new functionalities to our go-to mobile apps. I learned this from Ted Miracco , CEO of Approov , in a discussion we had at RSA Conference 2023.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2025

Backup hygiene: encryption, automation, and testing A backup that can't be restored is no backup at all. To add more security, they should also be automated and encrypted to provide data privacy." Encryption and automation reduce the risk of human error and ensure consistency.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A new audit of DeepSeek's mobile app for the Apple iOS operating system has found glaring security issues, the foremost being that it sends sensitive data over the internet sans any encryption, exposing it to interception and manipulation attacks.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 5, 2022

Adopting a new authentication method from the FIDO Alliance, the three major OS vendors will let you use encrypted credentials stored on your phone to automatically sign you into your online accounts. The post Google, Apple, Microsoft promise end to passwords, courtesy of your mobile phone appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

To my mind, this just reinforces the need to remove mobile phone numbers from all of your online accounts wherever feasible. Many people may not consider their mobile phone number to be private information, but there is a world of misery that bad guys, stalkers and creeps can visit on your life just by knowing your mobile number.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

International mobile virtual network operator Lyca Mobile announced it has been the victim of a cyber attack that disrupted its network. Lyca Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that provides prepaid mobile phone services to customers in several countries worldwide. ” continues the statement.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 28, 2023

The post Google’s 2FA app update lacks end-to-end encryption, researchers find appeared first on TechRepublic. Data synced between devices with the new Google Authenticator app update could be viewed by third parties. Google says the app works as planned.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The tools can slow their data connections to a crawl, break the encryption of phone calls, track the movements of individuals or large groups, and produce detailed metadata summaries of who spoke to whom, when, and where.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 1, 2019

This article points out that Facebook's planned content moderation scheme will result in an encryption backdoor into WhatsApp: In Facebook's vision, the actual end-to-end encryption client itself such as WhatsApp will include embedded content moderation and blacklist filtering algorithms. The company even noted.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Both are popular messaging tools in Iran.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 17, 2025

This breakthrough will finally allow secure, encrypted messaging between different mobile platforms.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Some European cell phone carriers , and now T-Mobile , are blocking Apple’s Private Relay anonymous browsing feature. This could be an interesting battle to watch. Slashdot thread.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy convened an Encryption Working Group to attempt progress on the "going dark" debate. They have released their report: " Moving the Encryption Policy Conversation Forward.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 7, 2024

Europol is proposing solutions to avoid challenges posed by privacy-enhancing technologies in Home Routing that hinder law enforcement's ability to intercept communications during criminal investigations. [.]

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The problem is described as a “cryptographic issue when a controller receives an LMP start encryption command under unexpected conditions.” The “start encryption command” is a special instruction that tells Bluetooth devices to begin scrambling their communications.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

More than 22,000 users of Blink Mobility should take the necessary steps to protect themselves against the risk of identity theft. Los Angeles-based electric car-sharing provider Blink Mobility left a misconfigured MongoDB database open to the public.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The malware, which we dubbed “SparkCat”, used an unidentified protocol implemented in Rust, a language untypical of mobile apps, to communicate with the C2. It encrypts data with AES-256 in CBC mode before sending and decrypts server responses with AES-128 in CBC mode. In both cases, the keys are hard-coded constants.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2025

Given Telegrams end-to-end encryption and widespread use, an exploit that bypasses its security could be a game-changer for cyber espionage. Zero-day prices have risen as the level of security of messaging apps and mobile devices becomes harder to hack. Gaining access without cooperation from Telegram itself could be highly valuable.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

That file shows an image of the Saudi Arabian flag and Swedish flags and arrived with an encrypted downloader. Because the downloader was encrypted this delayed or further prevented "study of the code delivered along with the video.". That's where that state-sponsored malware is going to be found.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 1, 2024

Google is adding greater encryption capabilities to Chrome to better protect users from information-stealing malware, a move that comes after the company's controversial decision to once again delay getting rid of third-party cookies. The post Google Using Enhanced Encryption to Protect Cookies appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Hell froze over: FBI and NSA recommend you use strong encryption. The post China is Still Inside US Networks — It’s Been SIX Months appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 3, 2023

Mobile device management (MDM) refers to a type of software that allows businesses to manage, configure and secure mobile devices used by their employees. MDM solutions enable secure authentication, access control and encryption for devices, applications and data, which in turn helps to keep sensitive corporate information safe.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

Mobile statistics IT threat evolution Q1 2024. Non-mobile statistics Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2024: 10.1 million attacks using malware, adware, or unwanted mobile software were blocked. The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 46% of all threats detected.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 17, 2024

The rapid adoption of mobile banking has revolutionized how we manage our finances. Related: Deepfakes aimed at mobile banking apps With millions of users worldwide relying on mobile apps for their banking needs, the convenience is undeniable. Surging attacks Mobile banking has become a prime target for cybercriminals.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Europol headed up an international law enforcement operation against the operators and users of Ghost, an encrypted messaging app that was used by criminal organizations worldwide for drug trafficking, money laundering, and threating to kill or harm people.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The agency says that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log in to irs.gov will be through ID.me , an online identity verification service that requires applicants to submit copies of bills and identity documents, as well as a live video feed of their faces via a mobile device. The IRS says it will require ID.me McLean, Va.-based

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Prosecutors say Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla., On July 28 and again on Aug.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Jogodka said although this pump’s PIN pad is encrypted, the hidden camera sidesteps that security feature. “The PIN pad is encrypted, so this is a NEW way to capture the PIN,” Jogodka wrote in a message to a mailing list about skimming devices found on Arizona fuel pumps.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2021

This data may include your name, email address, and the one-way encrypted password to your account (in technical terms, the passwords are hashed and salted). “A lot us cannot take your process for granted and need to keep our devices offline during setup and make direct connections by IP/Hostname using our Mobile Apps.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Each time we use a mobile app or website-hosted service, digital certificates and the Public Key Infrastructure ( PKI ) come into play — to assure authentication and encrypt sensitive data transfers. This is a fundamental component of Digital Trust – and the foundation for securing next-gen digital connections.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The latest cracks in Widevine concern the encryption technology’s protection for L3 streams, which is used for low-quality video and audio streams only. Most modern smartphones and mobile devices support much more robust L1 and L2 Widevine protections that do not rely on L3.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Legitimate-seeming Telegram "mods" available in the official Google Play store for the encrypted messaging app signal the rise of a new enterprise threat.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2025

These threats disguise themselves as legitimate services to steal sensitive information from users.NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) is a cross-platform framework by Microsoft for building native mobile and desktop applications using C#. In the second stage, the dynamically loaded file decrypts another AES-encrypted file and loads it.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In January 2018, GovPayNet was acquired by Securus Technologies , a Carrollton, Texas- based company that provides telecommunications services to prisons and helps law enforcement personnel keep tabs on mobile devices used by former inmates. Choose wisely and you, too, could gain the ability to look up anyone’s precise mobile location.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The auto-reboot feature returns devices to a “Before First Unlock” restricting app access to encryption keys. 404 Media obtained the document from a mobile forensics source and verified it with another source. The feature erases sensitive data from memory to prevent unauthorized extraction.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. Now let's try the mobile app: What's the encryption story there? " It means "this is private."

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