Security News

Google booted 100,000 malicious developers from Google Play
2018-02-01 19:15

New malware and unwanted apps are discovered on Google Play nearly every day – or so it seems. According to Google’s statistics, in 2017 the company has taken down more than 700,000 apps that...

ZeuS Variant Abuses Legitimate Developer’s Website
2018-01-07 15:21

The official website of Ukraine-based accounting software developer Crystal Finance Millennium (CFM) was abused for the distribution of a variant of the ZeuS banking Trojan, Talos reports. read more

Critical Flaw in Major Android Tools Targets Developers and Reverse Engineers
2017-12-06 12:03

Finally, here we have a vulnerability that targets Android developers and reverse engineers, instead of app users. Security researchers have discovered an easily-exploitable vulnerability in...

Developers Targeted in ‘ParseDroid’ PoC Attack
2017-12-05 17:27

A proof of concept attack developed by researchers target users of the development platforms for Android and Java.

GitHub starts alerting developers of security vulnerabilities in dependencies
2017-11-20 18:34

Popular Git repository hosting service GitHub has introduced a new feature to help developers keep their projects safer: security alerts for vulnerabilities in software packages which their...

GitHub Warns Developers When Using Vulnerable Libraries
2017-11-17 17:26

Code hosting service GitHub now warns developers if certain software libraries used by their projects contain any known vulnerabilities and provides advice on how to address the issue. read more

Node.js security: Are developers confident in the quality of their code?
2017-11-10 13:00

A NodeSource and Sqreen joint developer survey of nearly 300 CTOs, CIOs and developers revealed that, while the developer community fully understands the risks of operating in the open Internet...

Ubuntu 17.10 brings enhanced security and productivity for developers
2017-10-20 13:00

Canonical released Ubuntu 17.10 featuring a new GNOME desktop on Wayland, and new versions of KDE, MATE and Budgie. On the cloud, 17.10 brings Kubernetes 1.8 for hyper-elastic container...

Tor Developer Busts Myths, Announces New Features (Threatpost)
2017-08-04 16:20

Tor cofounder Roger Dingledine sets the record straight at DEF CON on popular myths, and at the same time teases upcoming features.

Hackers Can Use Git Repos for Stealthy Attack on Developers (Security Week)
2017-08-04 08:48

Malicious actors can abuse GitHub and other services that host Git repositories for stealthy attacks aimed at software developers, experts showed recently at the Black Hat security conference in...