Security News

Week in review: Leaked Windows exploits, mobile payment card cloning (Help Net Security)
2017-04-17 01:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Microsoft patched the flaws allowing leaked Windows exploits to work Microsoft has patched the vulnerabilities that...

Attackers can steal smartphone users’ PINs by tapping into data collected by mobile sensors (Help Net Security)
2017-04-12 18:21

Researchers have demonstrated that a malicious website or app could work out smartphone users’ PINs or passwords based just on the data collected by various motion sensors on modern mobile...

Mobile payment card cloning: Understanding the risks (Help Net Security)
2017-04-12 15:25

Mobile contactless payments have grown exponentially and Host Card Emulation (HCE) – the possibility to emulate payment cards on a mobile device, without dependency on special Secure Element...

Baseband Zero Day Exposes Millions of Mobile Phones to Attack (Threatpost)
2017-04-07 20:10

A previously undisclosed baseband vulnerability impacting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules and IoT components was revealed Thursday at the Infiltrate Conference

Growing Risk In IoT & Mobile App Security (InfoSecIsland)
2017-04-07 17:44

IoT and mobile app security is at considerable risk, as confusion of who owns security within the development, testing and implementation process remains in question.