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Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs

Posted on By infossl
android, apple, hacking, iphone, malware, Security technology, smartphones, windows, zeroday

China is being blamed for a massive surveillance operation that targeted Uyghur Muslims. This story broke in waves, the first wave being about the iPhone. Earlier this year, Google’s Project Zero found a series of websites that have been using zero-day vulnerabilities to indiscriminately install malware on iPhones that would visit the site. (The vulnerabilities … Read More “Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs” »

AT&T Employees Took Bribes to Unlock Smartphones

Posted on By infossl
att, bribes, cellphones, courts, hacking, malware, Security technology, smartphones

This wasn’t a small operation: A Pakistani man bribed AT&T call-center employees to install malware and unauthorized hardware as part of a scheme to fraudulently unlock cell phones, according to the US Department of Justice. Muhammad Fahd, 34, was extradited from Hong Kong to the US on Friday and is being detained pending trial. An … Read More “AT&T Employees Took Bribes to Unlock Smartphones” »

Phone Pfarming for Ad Fraud

Posted on By infossl
facebook, fraud, google, Security technology, smartphones

Interesting article on people using banks of smartphones to commit ad fraud for profit. No one knows how prevalent ad fraud is on the Internet. I believe it is surprisingly high — here’s an article that places losses between $6.5 and $19 billion annually — and something companies like Google and Facebook would prefer remain … Read More “Phone Pfarming for Ad Fraud” »