Security News

Android Security: Web Browsers and Email Applications (SANS Reading Room)
2016-08-29 15:52

Timing of Browser-Based Security Alerts Could Be Better (Threatpost)
2016-08-23 15:32

New academic research shows that security warnings should be better timed to pop up when computers users are less likely to be multitasking.

Browser Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability Disclosed (Threatpost)
2016-08-17 16:54

Chrome, Firefox and likely other major browsers are afflicted by a vulnerability that allows attackers to spoof URLs in the address bar.

Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability Found in Several Browsers (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-17 08:21

Beware of browser hijacker that comes bundled with legitimate software (Help Net Security)
2016-08-12 20:33

Lavians, a “small software vendor team,” is packaging its offerings with a variant of browser-hijacking malware Bing.vc. The company sells and offers for free different types of software (drivers...

Microsoft Patches Flaws in Windows, Office, Browsers (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-10 09:06

Windows 10 Edge: Now Microsoft puts $15k bounty on remote attack browser bugs (ZDNet)
2016-08-05 11:49

Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS app sports MITM SSL certificate bug (Help Net Security)
2016-08-01 21:48

Security researcher David Coomber has unearthed a vulnerability (CVE-2016-6231) in the Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS app that effectively contradicts its name. As it turns out, the app does not...

Amazon Silk browser removes Google’s default encryption (Help Net Security)
2016-07-26 17:53

Google’s good intentions of keeping searches made via its search engine protected through default encryption have been stymied by Amazon. A bug in the Amazon Silk browser, which is based on the...

Amazon Kindle Browser Exposed Searches to MitM Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2016-07-26 12:31