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Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

February 24, 2020 0 Comments ad fraud, adware, Android, Android apps, bad apps, cheetah mobile, disruptive ads, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, Machine Learning, Mobile, out-of-app ads, policy, Spam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:26:22 +0000

These apps plunk ads in front of us when we’re trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xlWz9s2MFTA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Private photos leaked by PhotoSquared’s unsecured cloud storage

February 19, 2020 0 Comments amazon s3, amazon simple storage service (s3) bucket, Amazon web services, amazon web services (aws) storage bucket, Android, AWS, breach, CCPA, Cloud, cloud storage, credit card fraud, data breach, data leak, data loss, exposed database, financial fraud, identity theft, iOS, leak, Mobile, personally identifiable information, phishing, photo apps, photosquared, PII, port scanning, Privacy, s3 database, security threats, vpnMentor, web mapping

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:49:20 +0000

With no password required and no encryption in place, a burglar or ID thief could have seen your photos, your address and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/v6L-VwD68-Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android Trojan xHelper uses persistent re-infection tactics: here’s how to remove

February 12, 2020 0 Comments Android, android malware, Android/Trojan.Dropper.xHelper, mobile malware, xHelper

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:15:59 +0000

A new variant of the Android Trojan xHelper re-infects just hours after removal—and with the help of Google PLAY?! A forum user helps us investigate.

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Android

Tags: Android android malware Android/Trojan.Dropper.xHelper mobile malware xHelper

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Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

February 11, 2020 0 Comments 2020 state of malware report, adware, Android, android malware, Data privacy, emotet, hacktools, iOS, mac, MacOS, Ransomware, Reports, ryuk, Sodinokibi, state of malware, state of malware report, trickbot, Trojans, Web threats, Windows

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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Reports

Tags: 2020 state of malware report adware Android android malware Data privacy emotet hacktools iOS mac macOS ransomware ryuk Sodinokibi State of Malware state of malware report trickbot Trojans web threats windows

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Android pulls 24 ‘dangerous’ malware-filled apps from Play Store

February 6, 2020 0 Comments Android, Android apps, bad apps, china, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, malware, Mobile, rogueware, security threats, shenzhen hawk, vpn pro, vpns

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:35:36 +0000

The malware-infected apps used to harvest data and sign users up to premium services have been downloaded more than 382 million times.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8tR9brfQrYs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Critical Android flaws patched in February bulletin

February 5, 2020 0 Comments Android, android open source project, critical flaws, cve-2020-0022, cve-2020-0023, CVEs, flaws, Google, google pixel, Mobile, Operating Systems, Patches, Patching, Pixel, qualcomm, rce, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:46:14 +0000

Google has patched Android bugs that include a couple of critical flaws that could let hackers run their own code on the mobile operating system.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k2wIz5MF-3I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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NIST tests methods of recovering data from smashed smartphones

February 4, 2020 0 Comments andriod, Android, Apple, device encryption, Google, iOS, Mobile, mobile forensics, national institute of standards and technology, nist, Operating Systems, Privacy, security threats, smartphones

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:54:30 +0000

Criminals have found to their cost that reducing a device to a pile of rubble means nothing if the internal chips are still in working order.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DhhD2UVxfZU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people

January 30, 2020 0 Comments ‘ndrangheta, Android, black team, data loss, employee surveillance, employees, esurv, fraud, Government security, Law & order, malware, Mobile, Privacy, salvatore ansani, security threats, unauthorized access, virus scans

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:30:55 +0000

eSurv execs have been charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, illicit interception and illicit data processing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/08noJbBMayg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Galaxy users, take note: Samsung's probably selling your data

January 22, 2020 0 Comments Android, Mobile, samsung electronics, Security, smartphones

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Relying on Google services, as most of us Android-carrying primates do, comes with a certain tradeoff. It’s no big secret or anything: Google makes its money by selling ads, which are more effective when they’re catered to our interests — the subjects we tend to search about, the things we buy (when Google knows about ’em, at least), and often even the places we go with our location-enabled phones in tow (and/or in toe, for the monkeys among us).

That’s all par for the course, as I frequently say — part of the deal we all accept when we use Google services. That’s what makes it possible for Google to give us top-notch apps for free, and it’s also what opens the door to certain advanced features that wouldn’t be possible without that information’s presence.

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Google will now accept your iPhone as an authentication key

January 17, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, Android, Apple, authentication keys, bluetooth, Google, Google Chrome, iOS, iPhone, iPhones, Mobile, secure enclave, secure enclave processor, sep, SIM hijacking, sim jacking, sim swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swaps, smart lock

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:19 +0000

Google has updated its Smart Lock to let iOS users security-dongle-ize their iPhones.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E-1ND1RZhgg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>