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Avast: Android APT delivered via Facebook

Posted on February 22, 2018 by David Harley

Avast reports on Fake Facebook profiles luring victims into downloading APT.
The post Avast: Android APT delivered via Facebook appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Posted in Android, Avast, Facebook, mobile security, SBN News, Security Bloggers Network, ZDNet

Avast: Android APT delivered via Facebook

Posted on February 22, 2018 by David Harley

Avast reports on Fake Facebook profiles luring victims into downloading APT.
The post Avast: Android APT delivered via Facebook appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Posted in Android, Avast, Danny Palmer, Facebook, mobile security, SBN News, Security Bloggers Network, ZDNet

Text bomb, text bomb you’re my text bomb…

Posted on February 21, 2018 by David Harley

TOMÁŠ FOLTÝN for ESET: Apple defuses ‘text bomb’ bug 
The post Text bomb, text bomb you’re my text bomb… appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Posted in apple, bug, SBN News, Security Bloggers Network, Vulnerability

G Data on Android malware sample numbers

Posted on February 21, 2018 by David Harley

Christian Lueg for G Data: Some 343 new Android malware samples every hour in 2017.
The post G Data on Android malware sample numbers appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Posted in Android, G DATA, Google, malware, mobile security, samples, Security Bloggers Network

Screenshots and sandboxes

Posted on February 16, 2018 by David Harley

John Gruber: The Threat to the Mac: The Growing Popularity of Non-Native Apps Mac apps have been able to “see” the entire display ever since the Mac debuted. The Mac needs … the power for apps to shoot the user in the foot. … Continue reading Screenshots and sandboxes→

Posted in app store, daring fireball, Felix Krause, sandboxing, Security Bloggers Network

Android ransomware info from ESET

Posted on February 15, 2018 by David Harley

ESET: blog article and pointer to paper. ’Android ransomware in 2017: Innovative infiltration and rougher extortion’
The post Android ransomware info from ESET appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Posted in Android, Eset, mobile security, Ransomware, Security Bloggers Network, Threats & Breaches

Another Facebook hoax

Posted on February 8, 2018 by David Harley

No, Facebook doesn’t restrict the number of friends whose posts appear on your feed, or decide WHICH friends. Not yet, anyway…
The post Another Facebook hoax appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Posted in Facebook, facebook friends, Hoax, SBN News, Security Bloggers Network, Snopes, Sophos

Tech support scammers ‘lock’ Chrome

Posted on February 8, 2018 by David Harley

For Malwarebytes, Jérôme Segura warns us that ‘Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome.’
The post Tech support scammers ‘lock’ Chrome appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Posted in API, Chrome, malvertising, Security Bloggers Network, Support scams, task manager, Threats & Breaches | Tagged Jerome Segura

iBoot firmware source leak

Posted on February 8, 2018 by David Harley

Chris Williams for The Register: Apple’s top-secret iBoot firmware source code spills onto GitHub for some insane reason Williams says: “The confidential source code to Apple’s iBoot firmware in iPhones, iPads and other iOS devic… Continue reading iBoot firmware source leak→

Posted in apple, Firmware, iBoot, iOS, SBN News, Security Bloggers Network, The Register

Coercive Messaging and Windows Defender

Posted on February 1, 2018 by David Harley

[Also published at AVIEN] It’s not all about tech support scams, but Microsoft’s announcement about beefing up detection of ‘coercive messaging’ in Windows Defender is certainly related to some approaches used by tech support sc… Continue reading Coercive Messaging and Windows Defender→

Posted in Security Bloggers Network, Support scams

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