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Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:47:00 -0700

Ready for the mobile security news that IT doesn’t want to hear about but needs to? When security firm Positive Technologies started pen-testing various mobile apps, security holes were rampant.

We’ll plunge into the details momentarily, but here’s the upshot: “High-risk vulnerabilities were found in 38 percent of mobile applications for iOS and in 43 percent of Android applications” and “most cases are caused by weaknesses in security mechanisms — 74 percent and 57 percent for iOS and Android apps, respectively, and 42 percent for server-side components — because such vulnerabilities creep in during the design stage, fixing them requires significant changes to code.”

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Independent Krebs

Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

June 25, 2019 admin Android, blazefire, Breadcrumbs, Chu da, Chuda, Dr. Web, google, Haagen, Hagen, Hsu Heng, Ltd., Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co Ltd., Shanghai Bronze Network Technology Co., Shanghai Qianyou Network Technology Co., Shanghai Tongjue Network Technology Co., Shanghai Wildfire Network Technology Co., The Coming Storm, tosaka1027@gmail.com, Triada malware, Wildfire, yehuo

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:24:29 +0000

Earlier this month, Google disclosed that a supply chain attack by one of its vendors resulted in malicious software being pre-installed on millions of new budget Android devices. Google didn’t exactly name those responsible, but said it believes the offending vendor uses the nicknames “Yehuo” or “Blazefire.” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware.

MalwareBytes Security

Apple iOS 13 will better protect user privacy, but more could be done

June 12, 2019 admin "just once", apple, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, google, iOS 13, Location tracking, Online privacy, privacy, Privacy International, Ranking Digital Rights, relay email address, Sign in with Apple, Sign in with Facebook, Sign in with Google, sign-on, single-sign on, sso, user privacy, WWDC, WWDC 19, WWDC 2019, WWDC19

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:42:41 +0000

Apple’s newest iOS features provide simple, easy-to-use options that can leave users more informed and more in control of their online privacy. But privacy experts agreed: Apple can—and should—go further.

Categories:

Privacy

Tags: “just once”Apple Electronic Frontier Foundation facebook Google iOS 13 location tracking online privacy privacy Privacy International Ranking Digital Rights relay email address Sign in with Apple Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google sign-on single sign-on sso user privacy WWDC WWDC 19 WWDC 2019 WWDC19

Kaspersky Security

How spammers use Google services

June 10, 2019 admin google, news, phishing, spam, Threats

Credit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:00:51 +0000

Scammers are using Google Calendar, Photos, Drive, and other services to distribute spam. Here’s how it works.

MalwareBytes Security

Maine inches closer to shutting down ISP pay-for-privacy schemes

June 5, 2019 admin ACLU of Maine, AT&T, comcast, Data Privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, Facebook, google, GWI, internet service provider, ISP, L.D. 946, LD 946, Maine, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, pay-for-privacy, privacy, Ron Wyden, Senator Ron Wyden, Spectrum, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Unlike a data privacy proposal in the US and a new data privacy law in California, the Maine data privacy bill aimed at Internet Service Providers (ISPs) explicitly shuts down any pay-for-privacy schemes.

Categories:

Privacy

Tags: ACLU of Maine AT&T comcast Data privacy data privacy laws data privacy legislation facebook Google GWI internet service provider ISP L.D. 946 LD 946 Maine Maine State Chamber of Commerce pay-for-privacy Ron Wyden Senator Ron Wyden Spectrum Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wyden

Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 95

June 4, 2019 admin backdoors, chrome, encryption, google, messengers, news, podcast, signal, Threats, threema, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 10:41:47 +0000

Dave and Jeff discuss a number of issues ranging from backdooring encrypted chats to POS malware and more.

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (May 27 – June 2)

June 3, 2019 admin a week in security, Amazon, atm attacks, ATM fraud, baltimore, chrome, City of Baltimore, Department of Justice, doom, Federal Trade Commission, G Suite, gandcrab, gandcrab ransomware, Gmail, google, Google Chrome, hidden bee, justice department, NIST, privacy framework, protonmail, ransomware, Week in security, Youtube

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:09:55 +0000

A roundup of security news from May 27–June 2, including a look at 2019 ransomware outbreaks in the Unites States, ATM fraud, NIST’s privacy framework, more legal problems for Google and Facebook, and more.

Categories:

A week in security

Tags: a week in security amazon atm attacks atm fraud baltimore chrome City of Baltimore Department of Justice Doom Federal Trade Commission G Suite gandcrab gandcrab ransomware gmail Google Google Chrome hidden bee Justice Department NIST privacy framework protonmail ransomware week in security youtube

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Security Sophos

Google ha memorizzato alcune password in formato testo per 14 anni

May 31, 2019 admin google, Password, Per gli utenti

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 05:17:20 +0000

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