Governments want Facebook to delay further encryption, Signal fixes a snooping exploit, and An Android Zero Day is being used in the wild! All that coming up now on ThreatWire.
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Links:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/bill-barr-facebook-letter-halt-encryption
https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/a-privacy-focused-vision-for-social-networking/10156700570096634/
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-uss-renewed-calls-for-backdoor-access-to-encryption-has-all-the-same-flaws/
https://www.cyberscoop.com/facebook-encryption-william-barr-letter/
https://threatpost.com/ag-barr-facebook-dont-encrypt-messaging/148913/
https://www.cnet.com/news/governments-call-on-facebook-to-pause-encryption-efforts/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/signal-fixes-facetime-like-eavesdropping-bug/
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1943
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kx7n8/signal-bug-could-have-let-hackers-listen-to-android-users-via-microphone
https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/signal-messenger-bug.html

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1942
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-finds-android-zero-day-impacting-pixel-samsung-huawei-xiaomi-devices/
https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/android-kernel-vulnerability.html
https://threatpost.com/google-warns-of-zero-day/148924/
https://www.cnet.com/news/android-exploit-leaves-some-pixel-galaxy-phones-vulnerable-to-hacks/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/attackers-exploit-0day-vulnerability-that-gives-full-control-of-android-phones/

 

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