Security News > 2016 > October

Mobile App Collusion Can Bypass Native Android Security (Threatpost)
2016-10-06 14:00

At Virus Bulletin, researchers explain how Android mobile applications can collude to share data and synchronize payload execution.

Apple Activation Lock glitch? New iPhone 7s already linked to strangers' Apple IDs (ZDNet)
2016-10-06 13:52

Fancy Bears' who-takes-what in sports hack list manipulated before leak (The Register)
2016-10-06 13:52

FastPOS Malware Adopts Modular Design (SecurityWeek)
2016-10-06 13:37

Hitting the Right Note with a Security Delivery Platform (SecurityWeek)
2016-10-06 13:37

Security fatigue is real – we need usable security (Help Net Security)
2016-10-06 13:24

A preliminary study involving 40 computer users of different ages, occupations, and living in different settings has shown what most of use already know to be true: security fatigue is a real...

A closer look at data breach preparedness (Help Net Security)
2016-10-06 13:21

While most organizations have a data breach preparedness plan in place, executives are not updating or practicing the plan regularly and lack confidence in its effectiveness, according to a study...

DMARC email security is now mandatory for the UK government, what can the enterprise learn? (Help Net Security)
2016-10-06 13:15

It’s no secret by now that email has become the number one tool for cyber criminals and fraudsters. Earlier this year the FBI predicted that Business Email Compromise attacks which impersonate...

Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew on APT False Flags and Attribution (Threatpost)
2016-10-06 13:00

Mike Mimoso talks to Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team researchers Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew about a paper released at Virus Bulletin on deception tactics and...

Vast phishing campaigns boost global criminal attack footprint (Help Net Security)
2016-10-06 13:00

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) observed a record number of phishing attacks in the second quarter of 2016. APWG observed 466,065 unique phishing websites in Q2. This represents a increase...