A week in security (March 18 – 24)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:46:38 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from March 18–24, including Facebook’s privacy pivot, password reuse, new research on hospital phishing attacks, infected iPhone apps, and more.

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A week in security (March 4 – 11)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:47:27 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from March 4–11, including a Chrome zero-day, Labs’ data privacy report, news from RSA, and more.

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Apple’s FaceTime privacy bug allowed possible spying

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:00:09 +0000

A new bug in Apple’s FaceTime app that allowed for possible spying has the Internet in an uproar. Do Apple users need to disable FaceTime immediately? Mac expert Thomas Reed swoops in as the voice of reason.

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Klickbetrug mit Gewinnoptimierung: Android-Apps tarnen sich als iPhone-Programme

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:43:41 +0000

Profitsteigerung ist eine der Maximen jedes Cyberkriminellen. Da wundert es nicht, dass die SophosLabs nun eine neue Machenschaft aufgedeckt haben, die auf der Tatsache beruht, dass Werbetreibende mehr Geld pro Klick zahlen, wenn dieser von vermeintlich wohlhabenderen iPhone- oder iPad-Besitzern kommt. Da der sogenannte Klickbetrug, bei dem kommerzielle Werbeflächen geklickt oder Klicks zur Manipulation der [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Rj2Gjs0RSbQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sophisticated Android clickfraud apps pose as iPhone apps and devices

Credit to Author: Chen Yu| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:00:54 +0000

A collection of Android apps exhibit novel and innovative advertising fraud capabilities<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/aL1P_42frkM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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