Tag: app

August 26, 2022

Veracode released data revealing that the financial services industry ranks among the best for overall flaw percentage when compared to other industries, but has one of the lowest fix rates for software security flaws. The sector also falls to the […]

September 22, 2021

In a recent Mozilla review of the privacy features of 21 popular video call apps, only two were singled out for outstanding features (Signal and Threema). Meanwhile, three products were slapped with a dreaded “*Privacy Not Included” warning label (Facebook […]

August 19, 2021

Absolute Software announced a research revealing the significant management and security challenges faced by K-12 education IT teams with the rise in digital learning and widespread adoption of 1:1 device programs. The report underscores how increased device mobility and complexity […]

November 21, 2019

Check Point researchers found that hundreds of marquee Android mobile apps still contain vulnerabilities that allow remote code-execution even if users update. Most people think if they keep their mobile apps updated to the latest version, they also are patching […]

November 13, 2019

iPhone users reported that Facebook was opening the primary camera when the app was in use, leading to speculation that this function was being used to spy on people. Facebook was quick to say it was nothing more than a […]

November 6, 2019

86% of enterprises have deployed cloud-based tools, but only 34% have implemented single sign-on (SSO), one of the most basic and critically important cloud security tools, according to Bitglass. The report found that the use of cloud applications has grown […]

November 6, 2019

The massively popular social media app TikTok is struggling to assuage lawmakers’ concerns over its ties to the Chinese government and allegations that it is amassing data on U.S. users for Beijing. The company has sought to beef up its […]

October 28, 2019

Two senior US senators called for the government to study national security risks possibly posed by Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it could leave American users vulnerable to Beijing’s spying. With 500 million users worldwide, TikTok has exploded in popularity […]

October 16, 2019

In Q2 2019, RSA Security identified 57,406 total fraud attacks worldwide. Of these, phishing attacks were the most prevalent (37%), followed by fake mobile apps (usually apps posing as those of popular brands). But while phishing went up by just […]

October 7, 2019

West Virginia’s mobile voting app is the latest target of an FBI investigation into attempts to hack the 2018 midterm elections through Voatz, an experimental app that lets voters who are active military or registered to vote abroad vote from […]

July 9, 2019

Researchers find more than 1,000 apps in the Google Play store that gather personal data even when the user has denied permission. App publishers like consumer data so much that they’re willing to go to great lengths to get it […]

July 5, 2019

Over ten million users have installed a fake Samsung app named “Updates for Samsung” that poses as firmware updates. The malicious app redirects users to a website offering and charging for firmware downloads. Technical details of the attack were shared […]

June 24, 2019

A powerful money-siphoning malware known as MobOk has been found hiding in seemingly legitimate photo editing apps available on the Google Play store. The Pink Camera and Pink Camera 2 apps, now removed, had been installed around 10,000 times, according […]

June 21, 2019

Expert testing of iOS and Android mobile applications shows that in most cases, insecure data storage is the most common security flaw in mobile apps. Positive Technologies’ yearly report, Vulnerabilities and Threats in Mobile Applications 2019, found that critical vulnerabilities […]

May 24, 2019

The price of Bitcoin is steadily surging in May and hackers are looking to cash in on the uptick with fake cryptocurrency apps, malware and other related scams. In May 2019, Bitcoin prices climbed to their highest points this year, […]

April 5, 2019

Preinstalled apps on mobile phones can be just as annoying as crapware found on new PCs. Now a report from security experts at Check Point Research suggest those preinstalled mobile apps may be more than just annoying – they can […]

April 2, 2019

A white hat hacker reverse engineered 30 mobile financial applications and found sensitive data buried in the underlying code of nearly all apps examined. With this information a hacker could, for example, recover application programming interface (API) keys and use […]

February 18, 2019

In January, security researchers from Symantec found cryptomining applications in the Microsoft App Store, but they were published in the store between April and December 2018. It’s not clear how many users downloaded or installed the apps, but they had […]

January 23, 2019

Mobile applications have become a part of our everyday lives. We use them to get where we’re going, stay in constant communication with others and get the information we need to be productive. Apps are no longer a novelty for […]

January 7, 2019

A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that the popular Weather Channel App misled its users about how it would use the personal – and extremely precise – location data that it collects. IBM subsidiary The Weather Channel (TWC) markets its free […]