Imagine if a hacker could gain full control of your smartphone and stream everything on its screen to their own device? Well, a new Android banking trojan allows them to do just that, but they can also tap, swipe, type and navigate through hijacked smartphones in real time. According to a new blog post from the cybersecurity site Malwarebytes, security researchers at the online fraud management firm Cleafy have discovered a new Android malware family called Albiriox. Despite being fairly new,
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A new study found that countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the US are being auctioned online without first having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead to crime victims being re-victimized, a new study found. In response, the largest online marketplace for items seized in US law enforcement investigations now ensures that all phones sold through its platform will be data-wiped before the auction.
Researchers at the University of Maryland last
