Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2015
A new study conducted by researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University revealed that dozens of mobile apps collect extensive location data. A new study conducted by researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University revealed that a number of Android mobile apps collects geolocation data related to the users. According to the Wall Street Journal, the researchers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2015
According to Trend Micro, crooks in Asia are conducting the sextortion practice to the next level, including the used of mobile malware to get huge profits. Trend Micro released a new report to bring to light a criminal activity known as sextortion. “Sextortion is a means of coercing cybercrime victims to perform sexual favors or […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2015
A security researcher has discovered a reflected filename download vulnerability affecting the Instagram API that could be exploited to share malicious links. The security researcher David Sopas from WebSegura has discovered a serious vulnerability in the Instagram APIÂ that could be exploited by hackers to post a link to a web resource they manage. By exploiting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2015
Experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered the Installer Hijacking vulnerability that exposes half of Android users to attack via Installation Vulnerability. The security researcher Zhi Xu from Palo Alto Networks discovered a critical vulnerability, dubbed Android Installer Hijacking, affecting the Android PackageInstaller system service. By exploiting the flaw, an attacker can gain unlimited permissions on compromised smartphone and data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2015
Despite principal vendors have released updates to fix the FREAK vulnerability many mobile apps for Android and Apple iOS are still vulnerable. Early March, security experts discovered a critical vulnerability codenamed FREAK (CVE-2015-0204), also known as Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys, which could be exploited by threat actors to run man-in-the-middle attacks on encrypted traffic when Internet users visited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2015
Yahoo announced its new on-demand password feature that lets users into login in their account with a code sent to their mobile phone. Yahoo has announced a new Password-Free login feature to let users access their account without the need for a password. When users will sign in his account, an on-demand password is sent to a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2015
A unit of Canadaâs Bank of Montreal will launch on Monday its network of cardless ATMs, a technological innovation to improve users’ security. Recently we have discussed different kinds of attacks against ATM machines, the majority of which were conducted by exploiting hardware skimming. Black box attacks and malware based attacks are a few sample of methods recently observed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2015
Pocketables revealed that Google is secretly working on a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service named Google VPN for use on open WiFi networks. Google is working to improve security of its mobile users, according to people at Pocketables the IT giant is secretly working on a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service, dubbed ‘Google VPN’. “Unfortunately, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2015
A recent study published by Veracode on mobile security revealed that 2,400 unsafe applications are in average installed in large enterprise. Mobile devices are becoming an integral part of the enterprise architecture, security depends heavily on the use that is made with mobile devices and from the policies adopted to protect the company from cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2015
Android Gazon malware redirects a potential victim to a webpage that promises an Amazon gift card if you install an APK file hosted on the page. There is a new piece of malware called “Gazon”, and according to “adaptivemobile” already 4000 android users are infected. “Gazon” was discovered on 25 of February and until yesterday […]
