Mobile Security
North Korean Gov Hackers Caught Rigging Legit Software
Threat hunters at Microsoft have intercepted a notorious North Korean government hacking group lacing legitimate open source software with custom malware capable of data theft, espionage, financial gain and network destruction.
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Investors Bet on Ox Security to Guard Software Supply Chains
The funding frenzy in the software supply chain space now includes Ox Security, an early-stage Israeli startup that just raised a whopping $34 million in seed-stage financing.
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High-Profile Hacks Show Effectiveness of MFA Fatigue Attacks
What are MFA fatigue attacks and how can they be prevented?
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Google, Apple Remove ‘Scylla’ Mobile Ad Fraud Apps After 13 Million Downloads
Cybersecurity firm Human has discovered and disrupted a mobile ad fraud campaign involving 89 mobile applications with a total download count of 13 million.
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Senators Push to Reform Police’s Cellphone Tracking Tools
Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies’ ability to buy cellphone tracking tools to follow people’s whereabouts, including back years in time, and sometimes without a searc…
New WhatsApp 0-Day Bug Let Hackers Execute a Code & Take Full App Control Remotely
WhatsApp silently fixed two critical zero-day vulnerabilities that affect both Android & iOS versions allowing attackers to execute an arbitrary code remotely. Facebook-owned privacy-oriented messenger WhatsApp is one of the Top-ranked Messenger ap…
CrowdStrike to Buy Reposify, Invests in Salt Security
Endpoint detection and response pioneer CrowdStrike is elbowing its way into new security markets with a planned acquisition of attack surface management startup Reposify and a strategic investment in API security vendor Salt Security.
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Uber Confirms Hacker Accessed Internal Tools, Bug Bounty Dashboard
Ride-hailing giant Uber is moving quickly to downplay the impact from a devastating security breach that included the theft of employee credentials, access to the HackerOne bug bounty dashboard and data from an internal invoicing tool.
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Can your iPhone be hacked? What to know about iOS security
Here are some of the most common ways that an iPhone can be compromised with malware, how to tell it’s happened to you, and how to remove a hacker from your device
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