Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 13-17

A new week, a new crop of security stories. Last week, lack of user privacy, man-in-the-attack, dumb privacy rules and Intel CPUs vulnerabilities made the headlines. In addition, we discussed how to get smarter about securing smart technologies. Be su… Continue reading Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 13-17

Man-in-the-Disk Attack Lets Hackers Bypass Android App Sandbox Security

Researchers have devised a new attack technique that takes advantage of how apps use the external storage of Android devices to store files to bypass security restrictions. Under the Android security model each application runs inside a sandbox, which… Continue reading Man-in-the-Disk Attack Lets Hackers Bypass Android App Sandbox Security