Security News

Mobile Stock Trading App Providers Unresponsive to Glaring Vulnerabilities
2017-09-26 14:36

IOActive analyzed 21 mobile stock trading platforms and found vulnerabilities that put transactions and personal information at risk. Of the 13 firms notified, only two acknowledged the disclosure.

Flaws Patched in Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise
2017-09-18 12:39

A patch released last week by Trend Micro for its Mobile Security for Enterprise product resolves several vulnerabilities, including remote code execution issues rated critical and high severity. read more

Google Dashboard becomes mobile-friendly
2017-09-12 17:08

Google Dashboard, a privacy tool through which users can see what Google has learned about them through their use of the company’s products, has been redesigned. “Google Dashboard launched in 2009...

Mobile Bootloaders From Top Manufacturers Found Vulnerable to Persistent Threats (The Hackers News)
2017-09-06 01:11

Security researchers have discovered several severe zero-day vulnerabilities in the mobile bootloaders from at least four popular device manufacturers that could allow an attacker to gain...

Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in Mobile Bootloaders (Security Week)
2017-09-05 18:44

A team of security researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara has discovered a series of code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities in the bootloaders of popular mobile...

xRAT Mobile Malware Emerges (Security Week)
2017-09-05 13:15

A recently discovered mobile remote access Trojan includes extensive data collection capabilities and is associated with known mobile and Windows-targeting threats, Lookout security researchers...

Navigating GDPR in the mobile enterprise (Help Net Security)
2017-09-05 13:00

Securing data and protecting privacy in a connected world is already a major challenge for any enterprise, and mobility only magnifies this challenge. Mobile devices are treasure troves of...

Over $500,000 Up For Grabs at Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 Hacking Competition (Security Week)
2017-08-29 18:06

Trend Micro this week said that it will offer over $500,000 in cash prizes at Zero Day Initiative’s Mobile Pwn2Own contest, set to take place Nov. 1-2, during the PacSec 2017 Conference in Tokyo,...

Mobile WireX DDoS Botnet ‘Neutralized’ by Collaboration of Competitors (Threatpost)
2017-08-28 19:44

A large botnet of Android devices called WireX is responsible for large-scale application-layer DDoS attacks against businesses in the hospitality, porn and gambling industries.

How to spot malicious mobile apps (Help Net Security)
2017-08-17 13:25

The pervasiveness of smartphones has resulted in an onslaught of mobile apps, and it’s pretty safe to say that, by now, there is an app for every imaginable purpose. Unfortunately, among the many...