Tech giant Samsung announced it will utilize blockchain technology to upgrade security protocols for all of its smart devices. Knox Matrix is its new blockchain-based security solution for …
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PayMyTab, a mobile payments provider, exposed the data of thousands of customers for 16 months after failing to follow security protocols on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Data exposed in the privacy …
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Researchers with Wandera have discovered yet another set of malicious apps on the Google Play Store. The seven apps included a calculator, an alarm clock, two flashlight apps and three magnifier apps. …
Security researchers with Tencent's X-Lab have found a way to use photographs of fingerprints in order to beat the fingerprint scanner on virtually all Android phones as well as iPhone 8 and older …
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A serious flaw in the Android operating system could have allowed threat actors to distribute malware via NFC beaming, an Android service that uses NFC (Near-Field Communication) radio waves in order …
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A popular unofficial Android keyboard app that has been installed more than 40 million times, secretly engages in click-fraud and steals money from users by signing them up to paid subscriptions …
In the past 6 months, an Android Trojan called xHelper has infected over 45,000 devices, mostly in the US, India and Russia. The number of infected devices is still growing every day. Symantec warns …
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92% of companies are worried about synthetic identity fraud (SIF), and 40% have noted a rise in SIF in the past year, according to a new survey by IDology. Mobile attacks have also increased by 40% in …
The number of blacklisted mobile apps that are available on third-party app stores has increased by 20% in the second quarter of this year, a new RiskIQ report shows. These malicious apps make up 2% …
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Researchers with Wandera Threat Labs have uncovered 17 malicious iOS apps on the Apple App Store that carried out ad fraud on infected iPhones, iPads, and iPods. After installation, a clicker Trojan …
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