According to Ars Technica, researchers have found several sneaky ways to steal passwords and other sensitive app information on both the iOS and OS X Apple platforms. None of them seem to directly attack the secure element – not that this will make users feel better – and Apple is working with the researchers to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In addition to the traditional ransomware that everyone knows about, the AdultFriendFinder breach I wrote about earlier has the hackers blackmailing users of the site. Now, mSpy clients are being extorted too. Brian Krebs is reporting that hackers are using the mSpy breach to extort iPhone users. Apparently, users who have mSpy installed are asked […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For those of you who read the security news, you know that this last 12 months has brought an amazing number of SSL bugs to the surface (see a few of my blog posts here and here and here). Now iPhone and iPad users have their turn to deal with an SSL bug. The bug, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A couple of months ago I wrote about an iPhone bug that allows users to unintentionally install rogue iPhone Apps (see post). Well now Android users are getting hit with a similar attack. Ars technica is reporting that they have found an Android Installer hijacker (see article). Like the iPhone bug, it only works if […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Reuters is reporting that the Chinese government has removed a number of Western technology vendors products from the approved list. Whether this is due to Western surveillance or just due to their desire to support local companies is not clear – they are not saying. What they are saying is that Chinese companies “offer more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Google is a smart organization. It has watched the stranglehold that Apple has over its users and has decided that it likes it. Just like art imitates life, Google imitates Apple (and then says “who me?”). The issue at point is a bug found in the WebView rendering engine, used in all Android releases prior […]
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