Security News > 2019 > February

Android vulnerabilities open Pie to booby-trapped image attacks
2019-02-08 15:58

A trio of bugs could have opened Android 7, 8 and 9 to remote attackers wielding booby-trapped image files. Here's what you need to know...

Study Analyzes Challenges, Concerns for IT/OT Convergence
2019-02-08 15:44

A survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of security solutions provider TUV Rheinland OpenSky analyzes the security, safety and privacy challenges and concerns related to the...

FireOS Flaw Allowed Limited Content Injection in Amazon Tablets
2019-02-08 15:31

A vulnerability in FireOS, the Amazon Fire Tablet's operating system, has been patched.

Site Isolation is Coming to Firefox
2019-02-08 15:25

Mozilla is getting ready to boost the security of Firefox users with the addition of Site Isolation in the not too distant future.  read more

Carbonite to Acquire Webroot for $618 Million in Cash
2019-02-08 15:19

Cloud-based data backup provider Carbonite on Thursday announced plans to acquire cybersecurity company Webroot for roughly $618.5 million in cash.  read more

Google Open Sources Fuzzing Platform
2019-02-08 15:04

Google announced this week that it has open sourced ClusterFuzz, the fuzzing infrastructure it built to help finding memory corruption bugs in Chrome. read more

Adiantum: A new encryption scheme for low-end Android devices
2019-02-08 14:13

Google has created an alternative disk and file encryption mode for low-end Android devices that don’t have enough computation power to use the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). About Adiantum...

NATO Opens Defense Innovation Challenge Seeking C4ISR Solutions
2019-02-08 13:59

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI) has opened its fourth annual Defense Innovation Challenge. It is open to start-ups, SMEs and academia; and invites proposals on solutions to...

iPhone snooping: Apple cracks down on apps that secretly record taps, keystrokes
2019-02-08 13:52

iOS app developers have been capturing how users interact with screens without gaining user consent.

iPhone apps record your screen sessions without asking
2019-02-08 13:51

Absent from privacy policies, the tracking came to light after a breach with Air Canada's mobile app, then password slurping from Mixpanel.