Security News > 2017 > November

Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users
2017-11-03 23:48

Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that's popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google's official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Product Recall
2017-11-03 21:12

Lidl is recalling two of its packaged squid products because of the presence of struvite salt crystals. The danger is unclear. The article says that struvite crystals "may be mistaken as glass...

OCR: Mobile Devices Still Pose Security Risk to Health Data
2017-11-03 19:33

Regulators Remind Entities to Take Key Steps to Prevent BreachesAlthough far fewer major health data breaches these days involve the loss or theft of unencrypted mobile devices, regulators are...

Crooks poison results for financial-related searches to deliver banking malware
2017-11-03 19:03

Cyber crooks are using a clever approach to deliver banking malware to the right victims: they are poisoning the search results for specific banking-related keywords. The attack “By targeting...

Poisoned Search Results Deliver Banking Malware
2017-11-03 18:59

Zeus Panda, a banking Trojan designed to steal credentials, is being distributed via poisoned Google search results.

Hackers Exploit Weak Remote Desktop Protocol Credentials
2017-11-03 17:03

Darknet Markets Sell Harvested RDP Credentials for as Little as $3Many enterprises use remote desktop protocol to remotely administer their PCs and mobile devices. But security experts warn that...

Estonia blocks certificates on 760,000 ID cards due to identity theft risk
2017-11-03 16:38

On 3 November 2017 at midnight, Estonia will block the certificates of 760,000 ID cards. The decision is the result of the discovery of a security vulnerability in the Infineon-developed RSA...

Advantech Patches Code Execution Flaws in SCADA Product
2017-11-03 16:34

An update released by Taiwan-based industrial automation company Advantech for its WebAccess product patches two remote code execution vulnerabilities, ICS-CERT reported on Thursday. Advantech...

Threatpost News Wrap Podcast for Nov. 3
2017-11-03 16:30

Threatpost editors Mike Mimoso and Tom Spring discuss the week's top information security news stories.

Equifax Says Execs Unaware of Hack When They Sold Stock
2017-11-03 16:19

Equifax said Friday an internal review found that four executives who sold shares ahead of disclosure of a massive data breach at the credit agency were unaware of the incident ahead of the sale. read more