Tag Archives: cyber security

Report: Google Play Infested with Cash-Stealing Web Apps (The Register)

Security researcher Joshua Shilko says phishing apps targeting some of the world's biggest payment services have slipped past screening and landed on Google Play. Shilko says he... More

Irremovable Data-Stealing Android Malware Poses as Google Chrome Update (ZD Net)

A banking and personal information stealing mobile malware posing as a Google Chrome update for Android, and which can't be removed from the infected device, has been spotted in th... More

Check Your Spotify Account: Users Report Unusual Activity After Credentials Posted Online (Financial Post)

If you use the popular music streaming service Spotify, there is a chance you may be vulnerable after a report has surfaced that the emails, usernames, passwords and other details ... More

Firefox: Mozilla Patches Critical Flaws that let Attackers Execute Malicious Code (ZD Net)

Mozilla has released Firefox 46 and patched several memory bugs that could let an attacker take control of a system. The new version of Firefox includes fixes for 10 security is... More

Hackers Steal Millions of Minecraft Passwords (BBC)

Hackers have stolen login data for more than seven million members of the Minecraft site Lifeboat. Lifeboat lets members run servers for customised, multiplayer maps for the smart... More

Office 365 Vulnerability Exposed any Federated Account (ThreatPost)

A severe vulnerability in the way Microsoft Office 365 handles federated identities via SAML put an attacker in position to have access to any account and data, including email mes... More

Privacy Activists Cheer Passage of Email Privacy Act, Brace for Senate Battle (ThreatPost)

In a vote of 419-0 on Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Email Privacy Act that would require the government to obtain a warrant in order to access digital com... More

Verizon: Cyber Criminals Exploit Human Nature

You know how long it took cyber attackers to compromise any given system in 2016? In 93% of cases reviewed in a new report from Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES), it took just min... More

Feds Go After Online Payment Firm for Deceptive Cyber Security (The Hill)

Federal regulators on Thursday sent a major signal to financial technology companies, settling charges against an online payment firm for deceiving customers about data security. ... More