Researchers routinely discover a variety of malicious apps on Google Play, some of which have been downloaded and installed on millions of devices worldwide. Here’s what infosec experts think about the security of Google Play, what they think Google should do better, and what users can do in order to protect themselves from malicious apps on the official Android app store. Google Play continues to...
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A new long-running player emerged in the cyber arena, it is the Dark Caracal APT, a hacking crew associated with to the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security that already conducted many stealth hacking campaigns. Cyber spies belonging to Lebanese General Directorate of General Security are behind a number of stealth hacking campaigns that in the last six years, aimed to steal text messages, call...
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Earlier today, Microsoft published the January 2018 Patch Tuesday security updates, containing fixes for 56 vulnerabilities and three special security advisories with fixes for Adobe Flash, the Meltdown & Spectre flaws, and a defense-in-depth update for Office applications. This month, things were a little messy. On January 3, Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band security update with fixes for the now infamous Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. That emergency update...
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Wi-Fi is about to get more secure this year with the launch of the new WPA3 protocol, the industry body behind it has announced. The Wi-Fi Alliance — which is comprised of tech stakeholders including Apple, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft and Qualcomm — made the announcement at CES on Monday. When it lands later this year, WPA3 will offer new features to simplify and enhance security for users...
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We are heading into an era which embraces the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial Intelligence (AI), and machine learning (MI) that have immensely overturned the tech world. With particular reference to IoT, it has profoundly impacted global commerce and lifestyle. If this existing pace remains consistent, then it wouldn’t be onerous to predict the trends that we might witness in the upcoming year. According to the predictions by Forecast, IoT is just...
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