Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2024

As you may have read many times before on our blog, some spyware companies have a surprisingly low standard of security. In 2021, we reported that “employee and child-monitoring” software vendor pcTattleTale hadn’t been very careful about securing the screenshots it sneakily took from its victims’ phones.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In a recent investigation, we discovered a prolific campaign of fraudulent ads shown to users via Google searches. This blog post has two purposes: the first one is to draw awareness to this problem by showing how it works. Fraudulent utility scam ads The scam begins when a user searches for keywords related to their energy bill.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2021

“Consumers’ access to financial security and upward mobility is dependent on their access to and control over their own employment records and how easily they can share those records with financial institutions,” Argyle explained in a May 3 blog post. ” Argyle’s app flow. Image: Argyle.com.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Every time you send a mobile payment, search for airline flight prices, or book a restaurant reservation - you are using an API. Unfortunately, API attacks are increasing as vectors for security incidents. These include breaches on major operators such as T-Mobile.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

Many Google services, including Google search, are also either restricted or heavily censored in mainland China. In this blog post, we share more information about the malicious ads and payloads we have been able to collect. where searches are said to be uncensored. Malicious ads Visitors to google.cn

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A recent scoop by Reuters revealed that mobile apps for the U.S. But that story omitted an important historical detail about Pushwoosh: In 2013, one of its developers admitted to authoring the Pincer Trojan , malware designed to surreptitiously intercept and forward text messages from Android mobile devices. “Pushwoosh Inc.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

The law enforcement officers seized the mobile phones of the man, three dozen hard drives, SIM cards, computer equipment and server equipment. The police arrested the man in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and placed him in a temporary detention facility. ” concludes the announcement.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

On September 12, 2023 we published two blogs urging our readers to urgently patch two Apple issues which were added to the catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and to apply an update for Chrome that included one critical security fix for an actively exploited vulnerability.

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Google Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Posted by Nataliya Stanetsky, Android Security and Privacy Team Keeping Google Play safe for users and developers remains a top priority for Google. Research shows that transparent security labeling plays a crucial role in consumer risk perception, building trust, and influencing product purchasing decisions.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Android users – and I’m one – are well-advised to be constantly vigilant about the types of cyberthreats directed, at any given time, at the world’s most popular mobile device operating system. Our goal is to detect and eradicate mobile threats. Acohido: How have mobile threats shifted in recent years? has begun delivering.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Once vetted and accepted, threat hunters will go into these message boards and communities and search for anything connected to your business, for example: •Corporate login credentials. Think of the Cybersixgill Portal as a complex search engine that can reach the deepest depths of the Underground. Staying vigilant.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. Constella also found a breached record from the Russian mobile telephony site tele2[.]ru, Constella reports that tretyakov-files@yandex.ru

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2022

In a blog post published Mar. Microsoft does not rely on the secrecy of code as a security measure and viewing source code does not lead to elevation of risk.” “WhiteDoxbin” offering to pay $20,000 a week to corrupt employees at major mobile providers. SIM-SWAPPING PAST SECURITY.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Dear blog readers, This is Dancho. The post In Retrospective – The “Office” Circa 2006 Up To Present Day appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post In Retrospective – The “Office” Circa 2006 Up To Present Day appeared first on Security Boulevard. Stay tuned!

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

The vulnerability in mobile applications often is the result of an error on the part of the developer, the report said. While developing a mobile application, developers use the Twitter API for testing. While doing so, they save the credentials within the mobile application. based provider of API security.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

My views on certificate authority shenanigans spinning yarns on EV are well known after having done many talks on the topic and written many blog posts, most recently in August 2019 after both Chrome and Firefox announced they were killing it. You know, those devices that are now massively dominant in the mobile shopping space?

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A family of malicious apps from developer Mobile apps Group are listed on Google Play and infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB. The Chrome tabs are opened in the background even while the mobile device is locked. After that point, unlocking the mobile device will reveal the ad. Deeper analysis using LogCat.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Since June, there has been a fourfold increase in the search volume around keywords associated with these types of attacks. Scans slip through These attacks are so successful because many traditional email security tools focus only on text-scanning, allowing image-based attacks to slip through.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Every time you send a mobile payment, search for airline flight prices, or book a restaurant reservation - you are using an API. Unfortunately, API attacks are increasing as vectors for security incidents. These include breaches on major operators such as T-Mobile.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. Create security awareness for employees. One of the most important ways to protect against data breaches is to increase employee security awareness. Change passwords regularly.

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Cisco Security

JULY 5, 2021

Cisco Secure Endpoint (AMP for Endpoints) with Malware Analytics (ThreatGrid) offers Prevention, Detection, Threat Hunting and Response capabilities in a single solution. Secure Endpoint offers these features through a public or private cloud deployment. NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories. 1 and ID.AM-2] 3 and ID.RA-5] 2 and ID.RA-3]

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

Security researcher discovered a browser address bar spoofing flaw that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. Security researcher and bug hunter Arif Khan has discovered a browser address bar spoofing vulnerability that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With the unpredictability of domestic and international pandemic travel restrictions, mobile connectivity can offer friends and families an accessible option to stay in touch, either individually or in groups, over FaceTime, message or call. Mobile wallets to help you shop. All I want for Christmas is secure IoT gifts!

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

This was a lot of work to parse varying data formats and if you read the comments on that blog post, you'll get a sense of how much people wanted this (and why it was problematic). The thinking there being that it would reduce the data size they're searching through thus realising some performance (and possibly financial) gains.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2023

Expo created a hotfix within the day that automatically provided mitigation, but Expo recommends that customers update their deployment to deprecate this service to fully remove the risk (see the Expo security advisory on the topic). The main purpose of the Expo framework is to develop mobile applications.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2023

“We’re carving out a new space in endpoint security by offering a solution that protects enterprises from zero-day malware incidents that AVs struggle to detect.” a cloud-based console that propelled us into the world of cloud security management. ” And you best believe that Marcin was true to his word.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

The lack of security on these sites means any personal data shared across the site’s connection is out in the open. While the more secure HTTPS isn’t always a guarantee a site is completely safe, the lack of certification and security protocol were red flags, making sharing details or sensitive information risky.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Securing access to an ever-expanding list of cloud platforms is top-of-mind for many IT teams. But conventional protection solutions, like password security, fall short when it comes to efficacy. That’s why many tech companies are turning to passkeys as a more secure and convenient replacement.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

One legacy of the ongoing global pandemic is that companies now realize that a secured and well-supported remote workforce is possible. Related: SASE translates into secure connectivity. SASE can function as security infrastructure and as the core IT network of large enterprises. The makeup of SASE . But it much further.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. Online advertising platforms offer advertisers the possibility to bid in order to display brief ads in search engines, such as Google, but also websites, mobile apps and more.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

A new campaign typically starts with the authors setting up the malicious domain at the top of Google search through digital ads (Google ads) – as shown above referring to the Lefties clothing store disseminated in Portugal in 2022. After some days, users are hit as the malicious URL appears at the top of searches. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults. “They truly all are reasonably secure. Then on Aug. But on Nov.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to the latest ISACA State of Security 2021 report , social engineering is the leading cause of compromises experienced by organizations. They may also try and convince you to provide remote access to your computer or mobile devices. Invest in security awareness training.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 18, 2024

Emerging security threats and trends Who doesn’t enjoy some future-gazing? Second on the list, up from tenth last year, is the skill shortage in security workforces. Real security for artificial intelligence We’re now well into Q2 2024 and there’s no point putting it off any longer: it’s time to talk about AI.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

On January 26, 2021, threat intelligence team at Nightlion Security became aware of several new breached databases being sold on the Dark0de market by the popular hacking group Shiny Hunters. social security numbers (these numbers were later proven to be inflated). DATABASE SALE ON DARKWEB MARKETS. ” continues the experts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With the unpredictability of domestic and international pandemic travel restrictions, mobile connectivity can offer friends and families an accessible option to stay in touch, either individually or in groups, over FaceTime, message or call. Mobile wallets to help you shop. All I want for Christmas is secure IoT gifts!

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 26, 2018

Shofiur R" found troyhunt.com on a "free online malware scanner" and tried to scare me into believing my site had security vulnerabilities then shake me down for a penetration test. I *must* see these professional skills in action and reach 100% secure! There were never any of the proclaimed vulnerabilities on my blog.

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