malicious apps
FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 million, Google’s Fight Against Malicious Apps
In episode 328, Tom and Kevin discuss two major cybersecurity and privacy news stories. The first topic covers the FCC issuing fines to major US wireless carriers for sharing users’ real-time location ...
Android Malicious Apps Targeting Indian Users
In recent times, a concerning surge in a new wave of cyber threats, specifically targeting Android users in India, has come to light. Cyber attackers are using crafty social engineering tactics to ...
Pandora Malware On Android TV: Safeguard Yourself Today
Popular for media streaming, low-cost Android TV set-top boxes are facing a new threat: a form of the Mirai malware botnet, which has recently attacked millions of these devices. This Pandora malware ...
Arkansas Social Media Consent Law, Android Malware Invasion, New Method of Keyless Car Theft
Is Arkansas taking the right step to protect children online? A new law passed in the state makes it illegal for minors to use social media without their parent or guardian’s consent ...
Apple Mum on 128 Million Users Hack
September 21, 2015, happened to be a big day for Apple. Not because they had to launch a new product. It was because they had to choose if they wanted to announce ...
What is Data in Vicinity?
Smartphone surveillance has opened up an entirely new avenue of exposure for high-value enterprise information, forcing many security professionals to rethink how they see data. A different class of data, known as ...
85 Android Adware Apps Downloaded 9 Million Times
Researchers have found another batch of malicious Android applications on Google Play that spam users with annoying full-screen ads and make using their phones difficult. Trend Micro calls the adware AndroidOS_HidenAd and ...
Using Machine Learning to Find Fake MyEtherWallet Apps
Fraudulent Apps are Efficient for Attackers Malware authors have two options to get a user to install a malicious app: invest the time that it takes to build some new and useful ...