A duo of security researchers, Daniel Komaromy of San Francisco and Nico Golde of Berlin, demonstrated how to intercept calls using bogus base stations.
Snooping Samsung S6 calls with bogus base stations
The Jailbreaking procedure is now legal in the United States
The Copyright Office has granted DMCA exemptions for jailbreaking making the procedure legal in the United States in the next years.
How to silently control a mobile phone from 16 Feet Away
Two researchers from the French Intelligence Agency ANSSI discovered that hackers can control a mobile device remotely using the personal voice assistant.
18,000 Android Apps include SMS stealing Library
Nearly 18,000 Android apps built using the Taomike SDK, and used in China, have been found to include a malicious SMS stealing library.
'Legitimate' rooting apps paving way for malware
Companies that create tools for "rooting" Android phones may be within the law, but they may be inadvertently paving the way for malware developers
88% of Android devices vulnerable due to slow patch management
Researchers probed 20,400 Android devices and found 87.7 per cent contained at least one exploitable vulnerability due to a slow patch management.
The Smurf Suite – GCHQ can hack your phone with a text message
Snowden told the BBC's Panorama that the GCHQ has developed a hacking suite dubbed Smurf Suite, it can hack any mobile by sending an encrypted text message.