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The new landscape of pre-installed mobile malware: malicious code within

January 2, 2019 admin adups, Android, auto installer, cybercrime, Mobile, monitoring app, preinstalled, preinstalled malware

Credit to Author: Nathan| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:15:46 +0000

We are now seeing malware authors target system apps that are required for mobile devices to function properly. By injecting malicious code within these necessary apps, threat actors have reshaped the landscape of pre-installed malware for the worse.

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Incident Response In The Public Eye

December 31, 2018 admin Compliance & Regulations, Current News, cybercrime, Incident Response, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:00:44 +0000

Cyberattacks happen constantly. Every day organizations are attackers online whether they realize it or not. Most of these attacks are passing affairs. The mere fact that systems are on to the internet makes them a target of opportunity. For the most part, these attacks are non-events. Security software, bugs in attack code, and updated applications…

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Smart speakers: Christmas treat or lump of coal?

December 21, 2018 admin christmas, cybercrime, EULA, privacy, Security, Smart Speakers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 17:30:00 +0000

If you’re interested in buying smart speakers this Christmas, you may be wondering how much of a privacy problem they really are. We take a look at this popular holiday present and separate the hype from the real issues at hand.

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This online quiz is now confirmed to be a phishing scam

December 20, 2018 admin a new era in phishing, cybercrime, phishing quiz, phishing scam, quiz-based phishing scam, Social engineering, survey scam, three question quiz scam, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:30:00 +0000

It’s dubbed the ‘Three Questions Quiz’ scam, and not only are people letting their guard down, but they’re also freely sharing it on social media, too. Do you think you have been duped by this before? Read on.

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Christmas tech scams roundup

December 20, 2018 admin adverts, bitcoin, cybercrime, email, Facebook, hitman, phish, privacy, SCAM, tech scams, tech support scammers, tech support scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:30:14 +0000

What’s under the Christmas tree? It’s worse than lumps of coal, it’s a not very festive assortment of tricks and scams designed to give you a festive season hangover.

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Flaw in Twitter form may have been abused by nation states

December 20, 2018 admin Botnet, bug bounty, China, cybercrime, DIY, DIY botnet kit, privacy, saudi arabia, stenography, support, Twitter, Twitter form

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Twitter announced in a blog post Monday that they discovered and addressed a security flaw in one of their support forms. The discovery was made on November 15—more than a month ago—and promptly fixed the next day. So why are we only hearing about it now?

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Mobile Menace Monday: Is Fuchsia OS the end of Android?

December 17, 2018 admin Android, cybercrime, flutter, fuchsia, google, Mobile, mobile menace monday, operating system, triple m, Zircon

Credit to Author: Gleb Malygin| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:10:25 +0000

The next major Android version will be Android Q and not Android 9.1 Pie. In parallel, Google is also developing a new operating system based on its own microkernel called Fuchsia. Will this be the OS that replaces Android? Read on to find out.

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