It has been revealed by a District Attorney that Google can remotely unlock your smartphone, along with Apple, if they had to. In a court case in New York, the revelation came as it was announced that if a court order has been issued then as long as the device has not been encrypted, law
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As more and more people are browsing the internet on their phones as opposed to a computer, there is a growing need to protect these devices just as much as their larger desktop relatives. Taking precautions when using a computer have almost become second nature, but the same attitude rarely translates to a mobile phone or
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Apple have had to intervene and remove hundreds of apps that breach user’s security. It turned out that an advertising company was syphoning off email addresses and contacts through a breach of security, without the developers knowledge. It was reported that more than 1 million downloads of the offending apps have taken place, in response Apple remove
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A small upstart company in Massachusetts, USA, came up with the idea that would later be bought out by one of the world’s biggest electronic brands, Samsung. This technology, called LoopPay, would later evolve into what underpins Samsung’s mobile payments system, to rival Apple Pay. But Chinese hackers attacked the small subsidiary a number of
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The App Store has long been considered a safe haven, where it was pretty much impossible to download any malicious software, or any program that could potentially harm your phone or computer. But now, the first major attack on app store causes Apple to remove apps. The malware, called XcodeGhost affected several apps on the
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As Apple continues to pride itself over its system’s invulnerable ability to not be affected by viruses, a stance that they have long boasted over rivals Windows, it has announced it will patch two serious bugs in its operating system before the next major update. The vulnerabilities, named DYLD and Thunderstrike 2 were found in Apple’s
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Security experts have found a worrying vulnerability in the batteries of modern smartphones, as just how much battery you have left could potentially open up hackers to intrude on your privacy. The claim has come from a group of researchers who found it to be possible to track someone with nothing but their remaining battery
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One of the world’s biggest tech companies and the White House have announced plans to increase the number of encrypted connections on the internet. Apple recently announced, at their unveiling of iOS 9, that they will be urging developers to use the “HTTPS” encryption on web pages, as opposed to the more common, and more unsecured
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With the introduction of ‘activation lock’ back in 2013 for Apple’s iPhone, it allowed users to safeguard their devices from thieves resetting stolen devices in order to use them. This feature made it impossible for anyone to reset the phone without permission from the registered user. But since the launch of Apple’s Watch, there has been
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Security researchers Skycure have found a weakness in iOS code that allows hackers to cause a user’s iPhone or iPad to restart and crash repeatedly, all through a wifi network. The only fix for this at the moment is to immediately leave the wifi zone. Wifi hack causes iOS devices to reboot and crash continuously by
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