- Hacker News: Android P to Block Apps From Monitoring Device Network Activity. Plus commentary from The Register: Android P to improve users’ network privacy
- Malwarebytes: Mobile Menace Monday: re-emergence of a fake Android AV
- TrendLabs: Maikspy Spyware Poses as Adult Game, Targets Windows and Android Users
- Forbes: Watch Out Apple: North Korean Hackers Are Now Developing iPhone Spy Tools
- Sophos: Apple boots out apps that abuse location data collection
- iOS 11.4 to come with 7-day USB shutout – Apple documentation says “To improve security, for a locked iOS device to communicate with USB accessories you must connect an accessory via lightning connector to the device while unlocked – or enter your device passcode while connected – at least once a week.” Based on the Elcomsoft article
iOS 11.3 Adds Expiry Date to Lockdown (Pairing) Records - Help Net Security: iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to download malware – not surprisingly, given the rarity of iOS malware and the upsurge in mobile phishing attacks, but some of the other statistics are interesting. Based on Wandera’s Mobile Phishing Report 2018.
- ZDnet: iOS 11.4 could make it tougher for cops to unlock your iPhone
- The Register: Crypto chat app Signal’s disappearing messages found hiding on macOS – “Mac Notification Center sometimes clones supposedly transient notes”
David Harley
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