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Android ransomware masquerades as Adult Player app, takes photo of victim
“A new mobile ransomware variant uses a clever new technique to push affected users to pay the asked-for ransom: it takes a photo of the user with the phone’s …
Seagate wireless hard drives open wide to attack
Several Seagate wireless hard-drives have been found to be affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the CERT Coordination Center of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie …
Hacker had access to sensitive info about Firefox bugs for over a year
Mozilla has announced on Friday that an attacker managed to access security-sensitive information about a considerable number of (at the time) unpatched Firefox …
Fake recruiters on LinkedIn are targeting infosec pros
“There’s a group of fake recruiters on LinkedIn mapping infosec people’s networks. Not sure what their goal is yet, just a heads-up to others,” …
Cisco squashes DoS bug in its unified infrastructure software
Cisco has released a patch for a serious remotely exploitable vulnerability affecting its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor and Cisco UCS Director …
Open source Sleepy Puppy tool finds XSS bugs in target apps and beyond
Since Monday, security pros can add another XSS-finding tool to their arsenal, as Netflix has open sourced their cross-site scripting payload management framework dubbed …
Persistent cyber spies try to impersonate security researchers
Rocket Kitten, a cyber espionage group that mostly targets individuals in the Middle East, has been spotted attempting to impersonate security researchers.The group’s …
Clever Android ransomware infects tens of thousands of devices
“A new, improved variant of the Android Simplocker ransomware is lurking on third-party app stores. “We estimate that tens of thousands of devices have been …
Major browser makers synchronize end of support for RC4
Mozilla, Google and Microsoft have come to an agreement: support for the increasingly vulnerable RC4 cryptographic cypher in the companies’ browsers will end in early …
Popular Android AppLock app full of gaping security holes
AppLock, by DoMobile, is a very popular Android app for limiting access to certain content on the device (text messages, photos, videos, etc.). The user decides what content …
0-days found in widely used Belkin router, fixes still unavailable
CERT/CC has issued a warning about the existence of several serious zero-day vulnerabilities affecting the popular Belkin N600 routers, and has offered advice on how users can …
Adware installer gives itself permission to access Mac users’ keychain
“Malwarebytes researcher Adam Thomas has made an interesting discovery: an adware installer created by Genieo, a well-known distributor of unwanted software, is taking …
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