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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2015
A new interesting report published by The Intercept details the effort spent by the US intelligence to compromise the security of Apple devices. The Intercept published another disconcerting post on the US Intelligence campaign aimed to steal the secrets of the IT giant Apple. According to top-secret documents disclosed by The Intercept a team of researchers working with the Central […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2015
The security firm Bluebox discovered a preinstalled malware, many malicious apps, and a series of security holes on the Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone. After the episode of Lenovo pre-installed malware, another case is worrying the IT community. This time, security firm Bluebox has discovered pre-installed malware and other security issues with a Xiaomi Mi 4 mobile […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2015
The Singapore-based company AdNear is using a fleet of commercial drones to determine users’ location and deliver hyper-targeted ads. Drones that spy on unaware people, a nightmare come true, apparently nothing new considering that it is a common practice of law enforcement and Intelligence agency. The bad news is that also a few advertising companies are also […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2015
The giant Uber announced a data breach that resulted in unauthorized access to the driver partner license numbers of roughly 50,000 of its drivers. Are you a user of the Uber service? There is a bad news for you! Uber also enters the long list of companies who are victims of a data breach. On Friday, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2015
FireEye released a report containing the results of a comprehensive Mobile Threat Assessment of 7 Million iOS and Android Apps. According to U.S. firm FireEye, more than five billion downloaded Android apps are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to the presence of security vulnerabilities in the Android OS. Researchers at FireEye analyzed more than 7 million […]
