25 Android Phones Vulnerable

August 13, 2018 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

No big surprise here really, but still disappointing. Researchers at Def Con last week reported that they had found 47 vulnerabilities in the firmware and default apps of 25 Android phones. When they talk firmware, I don’t think they really mean firmware. Rather, they mean the operating system like Android Oreo or Nougat, although it […]

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Laptop Vendor Bloatware Confirmed As Security Nightmare

June 3, 2016 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

Everyone is familiar with all of that unwanted software that manufacturers are paid to install on laptops that they sell. For many people, when they get a new computer, they spend the first many hours installing patches and deleting all of those unwanted applications, which many people lovingly call crapware. Researchers have confirmed that in […]

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