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What Graykey Can and Can’t Unlock

Schneier on Security

which are two recently released versions of Apple’s mobile operating system, according to documents describing the tool’s capabilities in granular detail obtained by 404 Media. More information : Meanwhile, Graykey’s performance with Android phones varies, largely due to the diversity of devices and manufacturers.

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Texas scrutinizes four more car manufacturers on privacy issues

Malwarebytes

The Notice delivered to Hyundai discusses covered data, which is defined as any information or data about a vehicle manufactured, sold, or leased by you, regardless of whether deidentified or anonymized. The car manufacturers involved in that complaint are Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram.

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Critical Vulnerabilities in GPS Trackers

Schneier on Security

The China-based manufacturer says 1.5 BitSight found the device in use in 169 countries, with customers including governments, militaries, law enforcement agencies, and aerospace, shipping, and manufacturing companies. million of its tracking devices are deployed across 420,000 customers.

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Sierra Wireless halted production at its manufacturing sites due to ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Sierra Wireless is a Canadian multinational wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The company sells mobile computing and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications products that work over cellular networks. ” reads the announcement issued by the company.

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Seven years security updates to mobile users in Germany

CyberSecurity Insiders

German government is urging mobile manufactures to offer security updates for devices up to seven years or at least 6 years so that it could increase the life of usage of phones to over 5 years. Note 2- What if the manufacturers jack up the prices and make them unaffordable to the normal public…?

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. Pandemic theme in mobile threats. The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq The year in figures. Trends of the year.

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Backdoor Built into Android Firmware

Schneier on Security

In 2017, some Android phones came with a backdoor pre-installed : Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers confirmed on Thursday. This is a supply chain attack.

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