A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals

A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.
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University of Florida researchers create device for detecting cell phone hacking: Meet 'Marlin'

Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) and ETH Zurich have developed a device called "Marlin" to detect wireless hacking attempts on cell phones. The new device addresses vulnerabilities in ...
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Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones

Samsung says it has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that is being used to hack into its customers’ phones. The phone maker said the security flaw, discovered in a software library for ...
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Venezuela’s president thinks American spies can’t hack Huawei phones

During a press conference on Monday, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, showed off a Huawei smartphone that China’s President Xi Jinping gifted him, calling it “the best phone in the world,” and ...
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The Hack: ITV Previews Tennant, Carlyle in Phone Hacking Drama Series

Article Summary ITV unveils The Hack, a gripping drama about the infamous News of the World phone hacking scandal David Tennant stars as reporter Nick Davies, with Robert Carlyle as Met Police’s Dave ...