reader comments 27 with On Tuesday, OpenAI released an official ChatGPT app for Android, now available in the Google Play Store in four countries: the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil, with more coming soon. As a client for OpenAI’s language model family, the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 models run on the cloud and provide results to… Read More: Pocket assistant: ChatGPT comes to Android »
reader comments 22 with Smartphone malware sold to governments around the world can surreptitiously record voice calls and nearby audio, collect data from apps such as Signal and WhatsApp, and hide apps or prevent them from running upon device reboots, researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team have found. An analysis Talos published on Thursday provides… Read More: Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited… »
Getty Images reader comments 26 with An app that had more than 50,000 downloads from Google Play surreptitiously recorded nearby audio every 15 minutes and sent it to the app developer, a researcher from security firm ESET said. The app, titled iRecorder Screen Recorder, started life on Google Play in September 2021 as a benign… Read More: Legit app in Google Play turns malicious and sends mic… »
Enlarge / Cybercriminals or anonymous hackers use malware on mobile phones to hack personal and business passwords online. Getty Images reader comments 54 with Overall, Android devices have earned a decidedly mixed reputation for security. While the OS itself and Google’s Pixels have stood up over the years against software exploits, the never-ending flow of… Read More: Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware… »
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 246 with Federal authorities, tech pundits, and news outlets want you to be on the lookout for a scary cyberattack that can hack your phone when you do nothing more than plug it into a public charging station. These warnings of “juice jacking,” as the threat has come… Read More: Those scary warnings of juice jacking in airports and hotels?… »
Enlarge / Images of the Samsung Galaxy S21, which runs with an Exynos chipset. reader comments 89 with Share this story Google is urging owners of certain Android phones to take urgent action to protect themselves from critical vulnerabilities that give skilled hackers the ability to surreptitiously compromise their devices by making a specially crafted… Read More: Google tells users of some Android phones: Nuke voice calling… »
Enlarge / DNS hijacking concept. reader comments 16 with 0 posters participating Share this story Researchers have uncovered a malicious Android app that can tamper with the wireless router the infected phone is connected to and force the router to send all network devices to malicious sites. The malicious app, found by Kaspersky, uses a… Read More: Hacker group incorporates DNS hijacking into its malicious website campaign »
Enlarge / Liz Truss, then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, taking a picture on her phone on May 1, 2018, in London. Getty Images reader comments 79 with 56 posters participating Share this story British opposition politicians are calling for an “urgent investigation” into an unconfirmed media report that spies suspected of working for Russia… Read More: Unconfirmed hack of Liz Truss’ phone prompts calls for “urgent… »
Enlarge (credit: Lari Bat | Getty Images) Google is closing a loophole that has allowed thousands of companies to monitor and sell sensitive personal data from Android smartphones, an effort welcomed by privacy campaigners in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion. It also took a further… Read More: Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling »