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21 stories taggedmobile security.
Two iPhone Exploit Tools Once Owned by Governments Are Now in the Hands of Ordinary Criminals
Coruna and DarkSword, sophisticated iPhone attack kits that began as nation-state spy tools, are spreading fast. Security researchers have found roughly 17,000 websites hosting them, and criminals are already making them worse.
Researchers Cracked Samsung Phones Wide Open by Turning Bixby Against Its Own Device
A five-step exploit chain using Bixby, Samsung Members, and Samsung Account could hand a stranger complete control of your Galaxy phone. Patches are out, but older devices may still be exposed.
Apple sued after fake Sparrow Wallet app on App Store drains $1.8M in Bitcoin
Three users say a counterfeit crypto wallet, promoted in App Store collections, tricked them into handing over the secret recovery phrases that guard their coins.
What Is Really Inside Your Work Apps? Lookout's New Tool Aims to Tell You
A new scanning service from mobile security firm Lookout builds detailed ingredient lists for enterprise apps, exposing hidden vulnerable components before criminals can exploit them.
A Stolen Phone Number Nearly Took Over Someone's Entire Digital Life
A real-world SIM swap attack shows how quickly identity checks break down once a criminal gets hold of your phone number.
Invisible Text on an Android Screen Can Hijack AI Phone Assistants, and Then the PC Behind Them
Researchers show how a rogue Android app can whisper hidden orders to open-source AI agents, and pivot the attack onto the computer running the show.
RedHook Android Malware Turns Phones Into Their Own Debugging Tool
A new build of the RedHook trojan tricks Android users into switching on Wireless Debugging, then quietly promotes itself to a privilege level normal apps can never reach.
Free Android VPNs Are Leaking Your Traffic, Study of 281 Apps Finds
Researchers tested the most popular free VPN apps on Google Play. Many fail at the one job they promise: keeping your internet activity private.
RedWing: The Rent-a-Fraud Kit Turning Android Phones Into Bank Robberies
A new Android malware sold on Telegram lets almost anyone hijack a victim's phone, steal banking logins and grab the codes meant to keep accounts safe.
Samsung's New Galaxy S26 Ultra Has a Screen That Blocks Nosy Neighbours — But Is That a Security Feature?
The phone's built-in privacy display is a neat hardware trick. What it can't do is protect the data sitting behind the glass.
A Spyware Investigator Got Spied On: Pegasus Hit an EU Lawmaker Probing Pegasus
Forensic analysis of Stelios Kouloglou's phone shows repeated Pegasus infections while he sat on the European Parliament's own spyware inquiry.
Apple Pushes Emergency Fixes for Two Flaws Already Being Used to Attack iPhones and Macs
Two previously unknown security holes — one in the heart of Apple's operating system, one in its browser engine — are being actively exploited. Every iPhone, iPad, and Mac owner should update today.
Apple Ships Multi-Component Patch Round Covering iOS, macOS, and Safari
Fixes land for WebKit, the kernel, WebRTC, and Web Extensions — touching every major Apple platform in a single release cycle.
Two-Thirds of iPhone AI Chatbot Apps Are Bleeding API Keys
A study of 444 iOS chatbot apps found 282 exposing paid model access in plaintext network traffic — sometimes with no authentication at all.
Samsung KNOX Use-After-Free Bug Sat in Galaxy Devices for Eight Years Before Patch
A high-severity kernel-level flaw in Samsung's KNOX security framework affected Galaxy handsets from the S9 through the S25 — a product window spanning nearly a decade.