Security News

Phony Pokémon GO Android App Gave Attackers Root Access (Threatpost)
2016-09-14 18:53

A rogue "Guide for Pokémon GO" app made it into Google Play's marketplace and gave attackers root access to any Android device it was installed on.

Bad news: MySQL can dish out root access to cunning miscreants and there's no patch (The Register)
2016-09-13 11:34

Zimbabwe's social media revolt yet to take root in rural areas (Yahoo Security)
2016-08-12 13:50

Qualcomm Chip Flaws Could Giver Attackers Root Access to Android Devices (August 8, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-08-09 19:04

Play Store malware roots phones, installs an app every two minutes (The Register)
2016-06-29 02:58

Godless apps, some found in Google Play, root 90% of Android phones (ArsTechnica)
2016-06-24 07:16

Skype roots, open-source encryption: How startup Wire is spreading the word on secure comms (ZDNet)
2016-05-10 11:19

Allwinner's all-loser custom kernel has a nasty root backdoor (The Register)
2016-05-09 23:49

Root Servers Were Not Targets of 2015 DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2016-03-30 19:44

Two VeriSign researchers are expected to deliver a talk this week that explains how two Chinese domains were the targets of 2015 DDoS attacks that impacted the Internet’s root name servers.

DNS root server attack was not aimed at root servers infosec bods (The Register)
2016-03-29 22:19