Security News

Scanner Finds Malicious Android Apps at Scale (Threatpost)
2015-08-27 17:51

Indiana University researchers developed a scanner called MassVet that finds malicious apps hiding in Android markets such as Google Play.

Target Says SEC Won’t Pursue Enforcement Action as a Result of Data Breach (Threatpost)
2015-08-27 15:13

Target officials say that the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of several U.S. agencies investigating the massive data breach at the company in 2013, has decided not to punish Target as a...

Endress+Hauser Patches Buffer Overflow In Dozens of ICS Products (Threatpost)
2015-08-27 13:33

There is a serious, remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Device Type Manager library used in a long list of industrial process automation and measurement products sold by German firm...

Patched Ins0mnia Vulnerability Keeps Malicious iOS Apps Hidden (Threatpost)
2015-08-26 18:26

A patched iOS vulnerability can be exploited to allow malicious apps to bypass background restrictions and exploit Apple devices.

CERT Warns of Hard-Coded Credentials in DSL SOHO Routers (Threatpost)
2015-08-26 14:33

DSL routers from a number of manufacturers contain hard-coded credentials that could allow a hacker to access the devices via telnet services and remotely control them.

Researchers Uncover New Italian RAT uWarrior (Threatpost)
2015-08-26 11:59

Details were disclosed about a new remote access Trojan, uWarrior, that comes embedded in a rigged .RTF document.

Google Pulls App Exploiting Certifi-Gate Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2015-08-25 18:55

A mobile application exploiting the so-called Certifi-gate vulnerability disclosed at Black Hat has been removed from the Google Play store.

AutoIt Used in Targeted Attacks to Move RATs (Threatpost)
2015-08-25 15:13

Researchers at Cisco spotted targeted attacks moving remote access Trojans via the AutoIt administration and scripting tool.

Github Mitigates DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2015-08-25 14:01

Github said it turned back a distributed denial of service attack; it’s unknown whether this attack is related to a similar attack this March.

Charlie Miller to Leave Twitter Security Team (Threatpost)
2015-08-25 00:31

Charlie Miller, one of the more respected and accomplished security researchers in the industry, is leaving Twitter’s security team after three years. Miller said on Monday that he is leaving the...