Lock-Screen Bypass Bug Quietly Patched in Handsets
The flaw in a high-end phones and up-and-coming handsets made by top OEMs allows hackers to bypass handset lock screens in seconds. Source: www.threatpost.com
Mobile Security
Pwn2Own Trifecta: Galaxy S9, iPhone X and Xiaomi Mi6 Fall to Hackers
Hacker contest earns participants $325,000 based on the discovery of 18 vulnerabilities. Source: www.threatpost.com
Unpatched Android OS Flaw Allows Adversaries to Track User Location
The vulnerability is one of many with the same root cause: Cross-process information leakage. Source: www.threatpost.com
Malware-Laced App Lurked on Google Play For a Year
Google Play’s policy prohibits apps or SDKs that download executable code, such as dex files or native code, from a source other than Google Play Source: https://threatpost.com
ThreatList: Google Play Nine Times Safer Than Third-Party App Stores
Out of the 2 billion Android users out there, the rate of potential malware infection is less than 1 percent across the board, Google says. Source: www.threatpost.com
Apple Modernizes Its Hardware Security with T2
Apple has widened the range of Macs running its T2 security chip. Is macOS finally catching up with other platforms when it comes to secure computing? Source: www.threatpost.com
Apple Fixes Multiple macOS, iOS Bugs Including a Quirky FaceTime Bug
Security updates across all Apple platforms released alongside its new products. Source: https://threatpost.com
The Danger and Opportunity in 5G Connectivity and IoT
The advent of 5G presents an opportunity for us to think the exploding number of IoT devices and how we securely connect to the digital world. Source: https://threatpost.com
Adaptable, All-in-One Android Trojan Shows the Future of Malware
GPlayed may be the new face of malware — flexible and adaptable, with a Swiss Army knife-like toolbox that can be used to target pretty much anyone. Source: https://threatpost.com
Adaptable, All-in-One Android Trojan Shows the Future of Malware
GPlayed may be the new face of malware — flexible and adaptable, with a Swiss Army knife-like toolbox that can be used to target pretty much anyone. Source: https://threatpost.com