Google Enlists Help to Fight Bad Android Apps
After years of unsuccessfully battling malware and bad apps in the Google Play store and on more than 2.5 billion Android devices, Google
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AuthorElizabeth Montalbano
Google Analytics Emerges as a Phishing Tool
Web analytics help phishers hone their attacks — but website defenders can also use these tactics to better detect the scope of attacks
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Ransomware, Mobile Malware Attacks to Surge in 2020
Targeted ransomware, mobile malware and other attacks will surge, while companies will adopt AI, better cloud security and cyber insurance to help defend
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ThreatList: Sharp Increase in Fake Mobile Apps Impersonating Legit Ones
Consumers don’t vet apps well enough to mitigate mobile threat risk, according to the latest mobile-threat report from RiskIQ
Source: Threat Post
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Survey Finds People are Privacy Hypocrites
A report by HP found that most people admit to looking at others’ computer screens and documents in the workplace while still keeping
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Cybercrime Tool Prices Bump Up in Dark Web Markets
A report reveals data, services and toolkits available for cybercriminals are becoming more expensive and sophisticated.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security
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Apple Shares Some Browsing History with Chinese Company
The company acknowledged it’s using ‘safe browsing’ technology from Tencent, which has ties to the Chinese government.
Source: Threat Post – Web
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APT Groups Exploiting Flaws in Unpatched VPNs, Officials Warn
U.S. and U.K. agencies warn consumers to update technologies from Fortinet, Pulse Secure and Palo Alto Networks to mitigate attacks that are likely
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Iran-linked Hackers Target Trump 2020 Campaign, Microsoft says
A group called Phosphorous has been trying to access Microsoft-based email accounts of people associated with the campaign.
Source: Threat Post –
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WhatsApp Flaw Opens Android Devices to Remote Code Execution
A double-free bug could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution; users are encouraged to update to a patched version of the
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