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Vietnamese ‘Adult’ Apps on Google Play Open Gate to SMS Trojans
Malware related to short message services occupies a large portion of today’s Android malware families. These include premium SMS fraud...
How to Secure Your Yahoo! Mail Account
Last week, Yahoo! announced on their blog that the email accounts for an unspecified number of users had been compromised...
‘Whisper’ App: Teens Are Having a Blast but Parents May Gasp
Everyone loves a good secret. Tack anonymity to a whisper and the recipe for juicy fun spikes considerably. That’s the...
Trust and Relationships in the Mobile Era
Love is in the air…and, unfortunately, so is betrayal, as people get ready to share their hearts and more via...
Stop! Do You Really Want to Send That Photo?
Yes we all use (or at least 96% of us do) our smartphones to take photos. But almost half of...
Plasma HTTP Botnet Steals Passwords From Chrome, FileZilla
Last year we reported on the Athena HTTP botnet, which targets Windows XP systems, mostly for distributed denial-of-service attacks. Now...
January 2014 #SecChat Wrap-up — Threat Predictions
Threats seem to be top of mind for the masses of late—with three large-scale attacks on major brands already this...
Careto Worldwide Malware Attack Unmasked
On Monday Kaspersky Labs announced the discovery of a large number of malware infections across large parts of the globe. Kaspersky...
Quad Messaging App — The New Facebook on Campus
College—it’s not just a time for growing into the responsible individual you most assuredly will become, it’s also a time...
Crash & Burn: Snapchat Security Flaws Strike Again
Snapchat, the photo-sharing app that lets users send and receive photos that disappear after being viewed, has come under its...
Examining Your Very Own Sefnit Trojan
Most malware is created for economic purposes. To name just a few of our reports and blogs on this topic,...
So Are You ‘Hot or Not?’ App Rates Appearance
First, let me begin with the fact that I love apps. In fact, I am probably addicted to them. I...
Apple, SSL, and the Importance of Updating Your Software
Before we begin: please take a minute to update all of your iOS devices to the latest iOS version, iOS...
Internet Explorer Zero Day Offers Unusual Case Study
While analyzing a recent Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2014-0322 (containing the Flash sample hash b9c9dab0fd30418884800afebbaba4d99f4526ef0c9a47972a20ab20fed0a06d), we noticed the exploit makes...
Automatic App Installation from Google Play Poses Big Risk
Android users usually download and install applications from the Google Play store through several interactions with the service–including viewing the...
Cyber Pranks – Funny or Mean??
We all know that kids love to play pranks – it is just part of childhood. Whether it is whoopee...
7 Ways to Tell If It’s a Fake
Unfortunately in today’s world, scammers are coming at us from all angles to try and trick us to get us...
Netflix Phishing Scam Lures Users Into Calling Fake Tech Support
A group of scammers seem to have taken to heart the lesson bequeathed to us by Three Dog Night in...
Timeline of Bitcoin Events Demonstrates Online Currency’s Volatility
The buzz about Bitcoin has moved from online circles to mainstream media sources. Last week’s news of the collapse of...
Analyzing the Uroburos PatchGuard Bypass
A few weeks ago G Data Software released a report detailing alleged intelligence agency software. Following the release of that report,...
Kik – The App of the Moment
If you have tweens or teens living in your household then I am quite sure you would have heard about...
Smartphone Kill Switch Could Become Federal Law
There is no doubt that mobile devices are an integral part of our daily lives, making their potential loss all...
What is a Denial-of-Service Attack?
You may have heard news reports about popular websites such as CNN, Amazon and Yahoo! being taken down by a...
Mobile Malware in 2014
As the world becomes increasingly mobile, criminals are prioritizing their scams to target smartphone and tablets users more than ever...
The Drone that can Fly and Spy on Your Smartphone
For many, the notion of a flying drone conjures an image of an unmanned airborne military surveillance machine, or a...
Your Identity Takes Flight With Angry Birds’ Data Sharing Policies
Back in the heyday before the Internet, and even before the telephone, there was one somewhat-reliable way of spreading information...
RTF Zero-Day Attack CVE-2014-1761 Shows Sophistication of Attackers
A serious RTF zero-day attack has struck recently. McAfee detection solutions were provided a couple of days ago that allowed...
