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Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

January 16, 2020 0 Comments adcolony, ads, advertising, amazon, Android, app privacy, appnexus, appsflyer, behavioral ad industry, braze, bucksense, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, clue, data brokers, digital marketing bill of rights for minors, drug use, facebook, fluxloop, fysical, GDPR, Google, gps data, grindr, happn, leanplum, location data, Marketing, Mobile, mobile ad platforms, mobile ads, mobile marketing, muslim: qibla finder, muslims, my talking tom 2, mydays, neura, norwegian consumer council, okcupid, openx, perfect365, PII, placer, places/fouraquare, political views, Privacy, profiling, pubnative, qibla finder, receptiv, religious preferences, safegraph, sexual orientation, smaato, targeted advertising, tinder, twitter, unacast, verve, vungle, wave keyboard

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:43:44 +0000

Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it’s not just dating apps that are doing it…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NPeC4ksaHAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Fleeceware is back in Google Play – massive fees for not much at all

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Android, fleeceware, Google, Google Play, play store

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:45:36 +0000

The apps itself isn’t malicious – the treachery lies in the payment model.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hTaSy5s-eoE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Fleeceware apps persist on the Play Store

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Android, fleeceware, free trial, go keyboard, SophosLabs Uncut, subscription scam

Credit to Author: Jagadeesh Chandraiah| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:30:10 +0000

Fleeceware remains a problem on Google Play, where Android users still run the risk of being charged hundreds of dollars or euros for “subscriptions” to apps<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/LoJDdyoq4vs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Google tests biometric authentication for Android autofill

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Android, autofill, bad passwords, biometrics, Google, Mobile, Operating Systems, password manager, password security

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:31:33 +0000

Google is testing out a feature to make Android’s built-in password manager safer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Bv2NtaVOe80″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Google urged to tame privacy-killing Android bloatware

January 13, 2020 0 Comments Android, Android apps, app permissions, bloatware, Google, Mobile, motorola, nokia, Pixel, Privacy, privacy international, samsumg, Samsung, sundar pichai

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:18:24 +0000

A letter sent to the Google CEO by Privacy International claims bloatware has allowed a privacy and security hole to open almost unnoticed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2m7OBQefjuM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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United States government-funded phones come pre-installed with unremovable malware

January 9, 2020 0 Comments Android, android malware, android/trojan.dropper.agent.umx, android/trojan.hiddenads, china, Mobile, mobile malware, pre-installed mobile malware, pre-installed software, trojan

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

A US-funded government assistance program is selling budget-friendly mobile phones that come pre-installed with unremovable malicious apps. Malwarebytes Labs investigates the malware’s origins.

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Android

Tags: android malware Android/Trojan.Dropper.Agent.UMX Android/Trojan.HiddenAds china Mobile mobile malware pre-installed mobile malware pre-installed software trojan

Security Sophos

Google voice Assistant gets new privacy ‘undo’ commands

January 9, 2020 0 Comments AI, Alexa, Android, bixby, Cortana, Google, google voice assistant, ok google, Privacy, Siri, smart speakers, voice control

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:02:58 +0000

Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/suVe_eSbeHg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Chrome 79 patched after Android WebView app chaos

December 19, 2019 0 Comments Android, android webview, Bug, chrome, chrome 79, chromium, data loss, Google, Google Chrome, Operating Systems, Patch, security threats, Web Browsers, webview

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:01:28 +0000

Google has rushed out a fix for a bug in the Android version of Chrome that left some app users unable to access accounts or retrieve stored data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gdacxbn3fBw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Police get “unprecedented” data haul from Google with geofence warrants

December 16, 2019 0 Comments Android, arson, atf, bureau of alcohol, dragnet, firearms and explosives, geofence, geofencing, Google, Law & order, location data, Location history, Mobile, Privacy, reverse location search, sensorvault, tobacco, warrant

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:14:20 +0000

Investigators are using geofence warrants to get anybody and everybody who’s near a crime at a given time.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uI3cDCVNbEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Google adds Verified SMS and anti-spam feature to Messages app

December 16, 2019 0 Comments Android, Google, google messages, messages app, Mobile, Operating Systems, rcs, rich communication services, security threats, SMS, SMS spam, Spam, spam protection for messages, verified sms system

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:50:02 +0000

If webmail, WhatsApp and IM are killing SMS, someone might want to tell Google – as it continues to add new features to its Messages app.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bOkj5uWtjPM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>