Security Technology

Researchers have discovered a design flaw in Android that can be used to remotely capture screenshots or record audio… without the user’s knowledge or consent. The attack relies on the MediaProjection service in Android, which has these extensive capabilities, and was made available for the use of non-propriety apps since Android version 5.0 (Lollipop). While apps are required to receive the user’s permission to use this service, the new attack uses a screen overlay tactic to deceive them into granting it unknowingly. At the time of publication, Google has only fixed the issue in Android version 8.0 (Oreo), leaving Android versions 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0, which account for roughly 77.5% of Android devices, vulnerable. How the Vulnerability Operates Unlike other permission requests in Android, such as access to contacts or location, the MediaProjection service does not have a dedicated permission window for the user to grant access. Instead, when an app attempts to use it, a different win...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc this week announced a flurry of new machine learning features for its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, raising its challenge to Silicon Valley's biggest tech firms for the lead in artificial intelligence. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2iv7deS

(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc said on Thursday it filed three new patent infringement complaints against Apple Inc , saying there were 16 more of its patents that Apple was using in its iPhones. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2AiKoBB

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc wants to be your new executive assistant at work. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2i5bEcy

SAN FRANCISCO/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co laid out its vision for self-driving vehicles on Thursday, telling investors it planned a commercial launch of fleets of fully autonomous robo-taxis in multiple dense urban environments in 2019, in a challenge to rivals such as Alphabet Inc's Waymo. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2ArS8l8

BOSTON (Reuters) - A former executive at British software company Autonomy has agreed to become a cooperating witness to resolve U.S. charges that he and others schemed to deceive investors about the firm's performance before its sale to Hewlett Packard in 2011. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2AtddMc

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Popular messaging app WhatsApp said on Thursday that users around the world had been unable to access its service for a brief period, but that access for its 1 billion daily users had since resumed. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2Bz3tO1

We’re thrilled to be continuing our long-running partnership with AWS with several new announcements designed to allow for tighter integration; more effective, automated security; and lower operational overheads. Click here to view more. Amazon GuardDuty has just launched! Trend Micro’s integration with Amazon GuardDuty will automatically improve the protection of EC2 and ECS workloads, increasing visibility and reducing operational overheads for organizations. To hear more, check out this video with our AWS Community Hero, Mark Nunnikhoven;  @marknca . from Trend Micro Simply Security http://ift.tt/2zDF4pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is trying to figure out how to cater to investors who want to trade bitcoin even though the digital currency remains too volatile for the Wall Street bank to trade itself, according to comments by a representative and its chief executive officer on Thursday. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2iuQI2i

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday cleared a device embedded in an Apple Inc watch band that monitors a user's heart rate, detects when something is amiss and prompts the user to take an electrocardiogram. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2jyLQFS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc shares rose 2 percent in midday trading on Thursday after the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier said it would launch next-generation high-speed Internet services in three to five U.S. markets in 2018. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2zSStOw

A common method for Phishing, used in malspam campaigns, is the use of hyperlinks inside such a seemingly valid entity, in order to direct the victim into a designated website controlled by the attacker or in order to make the user divulge confidential information. from Check Point Update Services Advisories http://ift.tt/2j3Rel1

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Apple is designing its own power-management chips for use in iPhones as early as 2018, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday, triggering a more than 20 percent slide in shares of supplier Dialog Semiconductor. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2BnTI4f

ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish Airlines flight from Nairobi to Istanbul was diverted after the detection of a wi-fi network called "bomb on board" that alarmed the passengers, the airline said on Thursday. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2j4v0PF

(Reuters) - Shares of Juniper Networks Inc fell 8 percent in pre-market trade on Thursday after Finland's Nokia denied reports that it was in talks to buy the U.S. network gear maker. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2nhSVQ7

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Venture Capital firm Northzone, one of the largest stakeholders in Spotify, would like to see the music streaming company's flotation in the spring, depending on market sentiment, one of its partners said on Thursday. from Reuters: Technology News http://ift.tt/2jxEYJ3