He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Facebook loses control of key used to sign Android app
What should be a private key used to vouch for the ‘Free Basics by Facebook’ app was used to sign unrelated apps.
QR codes need security revamp, says creator
QR codes have been around since 1994, but their creator is worried. They need a security update, he says.
EFF and Mozilla scold Venmo over app’s privacy failings
The tense stand-off between privacy campaigners and the popular mobile payment app Venmo has taken another turn for the worse.
iPhone attack may have targeted Android and Windows too
A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.
XKCD forums breached
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Google throws bug bounty bucks at mega-popular third-party apps
Google’s going to throw more bug bounty money at the problem of nasty apps in its Play Store, it announced on Thursday. In a post from the Android Security & Privacy team’s Adam Bacchus, Sebastian Porst, and Patrick Mutchler , the company said that it’s throwing the security net over not just its own apps, but […]
Sophisticated iPhone hacking went unnoticed for over two years
Compromised iPhones were turned into surveillance tools capable of recording the owner’s entire digital life.
Botnet targets set-top boxes using Android OS
Production systems aren’t supposed to have the ADB turned on, but some set-top boxes do.
Google warns of system-controlling Chrome bug
Google is patching a serious bug in the desktop version of its Chrome browser that could let an attacker take over a computer simply by luring them to a website.