Fruitfly/Quimitchin malware
Some commentary on what Malwarebytes describes as ‘the first Mac malware of 2017’. Continue reading Fruitfly/Quimitchin malware
Collaborate Disseminate
Some commentary on what Malwarebytes describes as ‘the first Mac malware of 2017’. Continue reading Fruitfly/Quimitchin malware
LG has decided after all to make public the reset instructions for a ransomware-inflicted Android TV. Continue reading LG TV ransomware revisited
Documented by Apple here: About the security content of iOS 10.2 Commentary by Paul Ducklin for Sophos here: Apple ships iOS 10.2, fixes ‘Find my iPhone’ hole plus five lockscreen bugs David Harley
Continue reading iOS 10.2 security
Trustwave’s analysis of what it describes as a possible ‘backdoor’ in Skype Continue reading Authentication bypass vulnerability in Skype for OS X
26 models of Android phone with out-of-the-box added malware. Continue reading Malware Preinstalled: Space Dodgems in the Android Belt
Long-established research/product testing organization AV-Test has published an interesting document giving some background to the current malware scene, including consideration of threats on Windows, Mac, Android/mobile, Internet, PUA, and test statistics. Current Risk Scenario: AV-TEST Security Report Facts at a Glance David Harley
Continue reading AV-Test Report on Risk Scenarios
Facebook covered itself with – well, something that isn’t glory – when it ‘memorialized’ an impressive number of its subscribers, apparently under the mistaken impression that said subscribers, including Mark Zuckerberg, had died. In other words, it put up a memorial banner on the affected users’ profile pages. A spokesman subsequently apologized for the ‘terrible […]
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Three recent Apple issues that caught my attention. Continue reading Recent Apple security news
West African cybercrime nowadays has moved on from unsophisticated 419s to technically-based, effective Wire-Wire attacks on businesses. Continue reading Wire-Wire Scams Evolve beyond the 419
Apple has rushed out a fix for the Health app data bug triggered by the iOS 10.1 update. Continue reading Fix for iOS 10.1 health data bug