Security News > 2015 > August

Scanner Finds Malicious Android Apps at Scale (Threatpost)
2015-08-27 17:51

Indiana University researchers developed a scanner called MassVet that finds malicious apps hiding in Android markets such as Google Play.

Iranian Phishing (Schneier on Security)
2015-08-27 17:36

CitizenLab is reporting on Iranian hacking attempts against activists, which include a real-time man-in-the-middle attack against Google's two-factor authentication. This report describes an...

Target Says SEC Won’t Pursue Enforcement Action as a Result of Data Breach (Threatpost)
2015-08-27 15:13

Target officials say that the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of several U.S. agencies investigating the massive data breach at the company in 2013, has decided not to punish Target as a...