In a first, Android apps abuse serious “Dirty Cow” bug to backdoor phones

Enlarge / Cow. (credit: Ian Barbour) A serious vulnerability that remains unfixed in many Android devices is under active exploit, marking the first known time real-world attackers have used it to bypass key security protections built in to the mobile operating system. Dirty Cow, as the vulnerability has been dubbed, came to light last October […]

Iran’s supreme leader calls Saudi Arabia a ‘cow milked’ by the US after record-setting arms deal

AP Photo/Evan Vucci TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader has said that Saudi Arabia is a “cow being milked” by the United States. A Saturday report by the semi-official Fars news agency quotes Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying that Saudi Arabia trades its wealth with “pagans and enemies.” “The stupid Saudi government […]