Android insecurity & spyware targeting Uyghur population.

The Register: Exposed: Lazy Android mobe makers couldn’t care less about security  “Never. Is never a good time to get vulnerability fixes? Never is OK with you? Cool, never it is” Graham Cluley for Bitdefender: China forces… Continue reading Android insecurity & spyware targeting Uyghur population.

Kevin Townsend: some actions against tech support scammers

Kevin Townsend, for Security Week, reports on action against tech support scammers in the US and UK. Tech Support Scammers Fined in US, Jailed in UK Kevin says: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced&#16… Continue reading Kevin Townsend: some actions against tech support scammers

OSX.Pirrit: Not a pretty boy, but very interested in pieces of eight

Hacker Combat brought my attention to Cybereason’s research into the OSX.Pirrit adware.
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Android: fake WhatsApp app

Pierluigi Paganini: Fake WhatsApp app in official Google Play Store downloaded by over a million Android users. “The Reddit user DexterGenius has decompiled the fake WhatsApp version and discovered it is an ad-loaded wrapper which included the code to download a second apk.” David Harley Advertisements

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