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T-Mobile Clarifies Facts of Security Incident in Press Release

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/19/2021

There has been a flurry of reporting in the past few days on the T-Mobile customer data compromise, with allegations that the compromise affected up to 100 million customers. ...more

Privacy Tip #284 – Check Out EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense Playlist: Getting to Know Your Phone

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/13/2021

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (www.eff.org) is a wonderful resource for privacy-related issues and concerns. I check its website frequently to make sure I am aware of the latest issues and concerns around privacy....more

Privacy Tip #130 – Smartphones Targeted by Dark Caracal Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/15/2018

There is a global malware campaign that is targeting mobile devices across the world. It is called Dark Caracal, which is believed to be sourced in Beirut by the Lebanese General Security Directorate. ...more

Privacy Tip #103 – Smartphone Replacement Parts Subject to Hacking

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/1/2017

You drop your smartphone and now there are a million cracks and you can hardly read your texts. Getting the screen replaced by the manufacturer of the phone is usually expensive and sometimes it is so expensive that it makes...more

Privacy TIp #86 - Android Users Vulnerable to Malware through Apps

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/4/2017

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play turn Android phones into a server that allow the user to connect the phone directly to a PC and leave open insecure ports...more

Android smartphones Stagefright engine vulnerable

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/11/2015

It is being reported that 95% of all Android smartphones are vulnerable to being hacked with a text message, which is being called the “heartbleed for mobile.” According to security experts, the vulnerability exploits the...more

FCC: Carriers Must Protect Certain Data Collected on Mobile Handsets

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 7/10/2013

Aiming to “address the real privacy and security risks that consumers face when telecommunications carriers use their control of customers’ mobile devices to collect information about their customers’ use of the network,” the...more

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