Security News

Android adware infiltrates devices’ firmware, Trend Micro apps (Help Net Security)
2016-03-18 18:05

Dubbed Gmobi by Dr. Web researchers, the malware comes in the form of a software development kit (SDK), and has been found in several legitimate applications by well-known companies, as well as in...

Companies Handing Source Code Over to Governments (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-18 16:27

ZDNet has an article on US government pressure on software companies to hand over copies of their source code. There's no details because no one is talking on the record, but I also believe that...

MITRE offers temporary solution to the CVE assignment problem (Help Net Security)
2016-03-18 16:04

MITRE’s short-term solution to the problem of slow CVE assignment is to set up an experimental system for issuing federated CVE IDs using a new format. “(…) the researcher and discloser...