Collaborate Disseminate
A new report from Osterman Research codifies the increasing dependence of businesses upon their mobile apps, and reveals a jarring disconnect between the strategic importance of apps versus the level of focus and resources applied to protect organizati… Continue reading Visibility into runtime threats against mobile apps and APIs still lacking
An analysis of the evolution of cybercrime from its beginnings in the 1990s to its billion-dollar presence today has one overriding theme: the development of cybercrime as a business closely mimics the evolution of legitimate business, and will continu… Continue reading Understanding the Evolution of Cybercrime to Predict its Future
Google this week announced the rollout of DNS-over-HTTP/3 (DoH3) for Android 11 and newer devices.
An encrypted DNS protocol, DoH3 is expected to provide performance and safety improvements compared to alternatives, mainly through the QUIC transport la… Continue reading Google Introduces DNS-over-HTTP/3 in Android
A Chinese threat actor named Roaming Mantis has been targeting Android users in France with the MoqHao malware in a new smishing campaign, security researchers with Sekoia warn.
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Cybersecurity researchers reported details Monday of cases where Thai activists involved in the country’s pro-democracy protests had their cell phones or other devices infected and attacked with government-sponsored spyware.
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Continue reading Researchers Say Thai Pro-Democracy Activists Hit by Spyware
Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant. Continue reading Google Boots Multiple Malware-laced Android Apps from Marketplace
Microsoft has issued an urgent Patch Tuesday bulletin to warn of in-the-wild zero-day exploitation of a privilege escalation flaw in the Windows operating system.
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Continue reading Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 84 Windows Vulns, Including Already-Exploited Zero-Day
The European Central Bank said Tuesday that its president, Christine Lagarde, was targeted in a hacking attempt but no information was compromised.
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Continue reading European Central Bank Head Targeted in Hacking Attempt
News Analysis: Cybersecurity experts toss bouquets at Apple for removing attack surface from its flagship platforms and call on competing OS makers to match Cupertino’s attempts to neutralize the mercenary spyware business.
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Continue reading Can ‘Lockdown Mode’ Solve Apple’s Mercenary Spyware Problem?
Faced with a surge in state-sponsored mercenary spyware attacks targeting its flagship iOS platform, Apple plans to add a new ‘Lockdown Mode’ that significantly reduces attack surface and adds technical roadblocks to limit sophisticated software exploi… Continue reading Apple Adds ‘Lockdown Mode’ to Thwart .Gov Mercenary Spyware