Popular Android apps leak private information
AhnLab identified many popular Android apps are asking for excessive permissions to access to the user data. AhnLab analyzed 178 best rated android apps using AhnLab Mobile …
Phishing email targets Santander clients
Customers of Santander, one of the largest banking groups in the world, are currently being targeted with a phishing email masquerading as a bogus notification of a scheduled …
Fake “Steam Cracker” steals user credentials
Users of Valve’s Steam game platform are once again targeted by malware peddlers, and this time the lure is a “Steam Cracker”. The cracker is being offered …
Fake jobs site owner filed tax returns with stolen identities
A 31-year-old that has set up a website offering the possibility for unemployed people to apply for non-existing jobs and has been using the collected applicants’ …
Most parents secretly access teens’ Facebook accounts
For generations, parents have been suspicious of teens’ social activities – and have employed any number of tactics to uncover the truth. Today’s parents are …
Bank accounts of 3 million Iranians compromised
A former manager of an electronic banking clearance and automated payments system in Iran got tired of waiting for banks to fix a security vulnerability that put their …
Apple enhances Apple ID account security
iOS device owners whose Apple ID account may have triggered a flag with Apple’s security team have been asked to set up three new security questions and a backup email …
What is the top target of cyber attacks?
Customer, student, employee and patient information is most at risk for cyber attacks today, and defending that data is a top concern for IT professionals this year, according …
Maltego 3.1.1 Community Edition released
Maltego is a platform developed to deliver a clear threat picture to the environment that an organization owns and operates. The unique perspective that Maltego offers to both …
Zero-permission Android app exports sensitive data
When installing new apps on an Android device, users are asked to give their permission for specific actions that an app must be able to perform in order to function properly. …
Fake account verification email phishes for Google credentials
Once again, Google users are being targeted with emails purportedly coming from the Google Team, confirming a bogus recovery e-mail update: Seeing the threat of a permanent …
Utah data breach numbers 750K+ victims
Social Security numbers of some 280,000 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plans users and “less sensitive” information on 500,000 more of them has …