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Android gets September update as price of flaws soars

September 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android 10, bug bounties, Google, iOS, Mobile, Operating Systems, Organisations, Patching, Project Mainline, security threats, Technologies, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:51:21 +0000

When is a security update not a security update? When it’s patching flaws in a version of an OS nobody beyond developers is yet running.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xUkOcZUm9To” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google throws bug bounty bucks at mega-popular third-party apps

September 2, 2019 0 Comments Android, bug bounties, chrome, data loss, DDPRP, Developer Data Protection Reward Program, extensions, Google, Google Chrome, Google Play, Google Play Security Reward Program, hackerone, Mobile, oauth, security threats, third party apps, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:51:32 +0000

Google’s going to throw more bug bounty money at the problem of nasty apps in its Play Store, it announced on Thursday. In a post from the Android Security & Privacy team’s Adam Bacchus, Sebastian Porst, and Patrick Mutchler , the company said that it’s throwing the security net over not just its own apps, but […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bPMJRaBtj94″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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More than 2m AT&T phones illegally unlocked by bribed insiders

August 8, 2019 0 Comments AT&T, bug bounties, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, hackerone, insider threats, Law & order, malware, Mobile, Muhammad Fahd, phone unlocking, unlocked phones, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:28:54 +0000

The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5KmgBCGFT2U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>