Samsung Patches Six Critical Bugs in Flagship Handsets

Samsung updates S9, Note 8 and S8 phones with 27 patches from a RCE bug to a patch that prevents an ancient peek-and-poke attack first identified in 1980s. Continue reading Samsung Patches Six Critical Bugs in Flagship Handsets→

Variant of SynAck Malware Adopts Doppelgänging Technique

Ransomware adopts Process Doppelgänging technique to avoid antivirus researchers and avoid detection in a newly identified malware double threat targeting users in the U.S., Kuwait and Germany. Continue reading Variant of SynAck Malware Adopts Doppelgänging Technique→

Phone Maker BLU Settles with FTC Over Unauthorized User Data Extraction

Florida-based phone maker BLU is facing an FTC complaint over allegations it shared detailed personal user data with a third-party firm that included full text messages, call logs and contact lists. Continue reading Phone Maker BLU Settles with FTC Over Unauthorized User Data Extraction→

Free Speech Advocates Blast Amazon Over Threats Against Signal

Secure-messaging firm Signal was told by Amazon not to use its AWS servers for domain-fronting, a technique used to enable communications in countries such as Egypt, Oman, Qatar and UAE where the service is banned. Continue reading Free Speech Advocates Blast Amazon Over Threats Against Signal→

Samples of SiliVaccine Offer Rare Peek Inside North Korea’s Antivirus Software

Samples of North Korean antivirus software called SiliVaccine crib software code from a competitor and come loaded with malware and a backdoor. Continue reading Samples of SiliVaccine Offer Rare Peek Inside North Korea’s Antivirus Software→