PSA – Recent Reports of Battery Explosions

Launching with a Bang (Literally) Recall After a great opening launch and favorable reviews Samsung is being forced to recall its new Galaxy Note 7 phones after a string of incidents. The phone went on sale in the United States on August 19th and has had 35 reported cases of the phones overheating and exploding. The new Note 7 was expected to have similar success to the Galaxy S7 series phones released earlier this year. However, in the aftermath of these explosion incidents the phones future is uncertain. Recalls are on the rise across the country. Not The Only One In a similar incident a man in New South Wales… Read More

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Vunerability – Qualcomm Chipsets Leave Nearly 900 Million Devices At Risk of Being Hacked

Over the weekend, researchers from the Cyber Security firm Check Point released a report on a new vulnerability. This report exposed some very risky vulnerabilities within the Qualcomm chipsets used in an estimated 900 million Android smartphones and tablets. This is roughly equivalent to 65 percent of the global 4G/LTE chipset market as of 2015. There are a total of four different flaws within the chipset that when exploited by an attacker will allow them to gain control of your device. This allows the attacker to steal any data the device may store. These vulnerabilities are being named for the time being “QuadRooter.” Check Point has alerted both Qualcomm and Google to these… Read More

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Email Passwords Getting "Popped" in Seconds even in 2015?

Information Security has been a very hot topic for the past few years, especially in 2015.  Every single day you can read about a new security breach at businesses that you frequent.  There are nearly 300 security requirements or “controls” that many companies must adhere to, but for this article I will only talk about one small item (or is it really small?).  Let’s talk about email.   We use email every day to communicate with friends, family, and for work.  I’d like to take a little deeper look at email and how important it is to us.  Your email account can really be though of as being the “Keys… Read More

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Hackers Find Vulnerability in Over 600 Million Samsung Galaxy Devices

If you have a Samsung Galaxy device, you could be vulnerable to hackers. Any device that runs Swiftkey, an app that allows you to swipe along the keyboard to type, could be hacked. The issue lies with the updating of the Swiftkey app. When updating, it is done through an insecure channel. This allows hackers to get into the phone and possibly completely takeover the device, which could lead to personal data being stolen.  Cyber Protection Group is currently unaware of any available solution.    

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