Security News

Fake Android apps bypass Google Play store security (Help Net Security)
2015-10-09 06:59

ESET unveiled fake apps available at the official Google app store. Posing as popular game cheats, such as Cheats for Pou, Guide for SubWay and Cheats for SubWay, these fake apps were installed more t...

Week in review: The evolution of the CISO, a simple Gatekeeper bypass, and Stagefright 2.0 (Help Net Security)
2015-10-05 05:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Leaked Hacking Team emails show Saudi Arabia wanted to buy the company Emails stolen in the Hacking Team breach and ...

Compromising Macs with simple Gatekeeper bypass (Help Net Security)
2015-10-01 10:16

Patrick Wardle, director of research at security firm Synack, has discovered a worryingly simple way to bypass OS X's Gatekeeper defense mechanism: just bundle a legitimate Apple-signed app with a mal...

Apple Gatekeeper Bypass Opens Door for Malicious Code (Threatpost)
2015-09-30 13:10

Researcher Patrick Wardle will demonstrate a Mac OS X Gatekeeper bypass that exploits a weakness in the Apple OS that allows signed apps to execute malicious code.

Cisco Patches Denial-of-Service, Bypass Vulnerabilities in IOS (Threatpost)
2015-09-24 15:16

Cisco pushed out its usual semiannual round of patches on Wednesday for IOS, the software the company uses for most of its routers and switches.