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Monday, September 30, 2013

Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID

http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid

http://dasalte.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.en

Labels: Apple, authentication, biometrics, cell phones, fingerprints, Hacking, iPhone

Sunday, June 30, 2013

New Breed of Banking Malware Hijacks Text Messageshttp://cdn.americanbanker.com/media/ui/logo-americanbanker-white.png

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_111/new-breed-of-banking-malware-hijacks-text-messages-1059745-1.html

Labels: cell phones, cybercrime, malware, two-factor authentication

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Practicality of Accelerometer Side Channels on Smartphones

http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~aviv/papers/aviv-acsac12-accel.pdf

Labels: academic papers, android, cell phones, passwords, PINs

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Juniper Mobile Security Report 2011 – Unprecedented Mobile Threat Growth

http://forums.juniper.net/t5/Security-Mobility-Now/Juniper-Mobile-Security-Report-2011-Unprecedented-Mobile-Threat/ba-p/129529

Labels: android, cell phones, IOS, malware

Monday, January 31, 2011

Android Trojan captures credit card details

http://www.itproportal.com/2011/01/20/android-trojan-captures-credit-card-details/

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kapadia/papers/soundcomber-ndss11.pdf

Labels: academic papers, android, cell phones, credit cards, cybercrime, Google, malware