There have been several stories this week highlighting issues with Android apps: Compromised Android keys used to sign info-stealing malware • The Register Android malware apps with 2 million installs spotted on Google Play (bleepingcomputer.com) New ‘Zombinder’ platform binds Android malware with legitimate apps (bleepingcomputer.com) I have written about the …
My posts are not all doom and gloom – read about the scammers who were scammed…
I had to include a link to this article: Weep for the cybercriminals who fell for online scams and lost $2.5m last year • The Register I think I will refuse them access to our online cyber security awareness training!
Hosted Exchange supplier hit by cyber incident. Do you have a plan if your email service goes down? UPDATED
It is ransomware: Rackspace confirms outage was caused by ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com) Rackspace has now confirmed that the outage of Exchange email services for its clients is being caused by a ransomware infection inside their systems – but they refer to this as “isolated disruption”. Which I think is a …
Medibank customers – the news just keeps getting worse
Hackers who breached the security at Medibank, one of the biggest health insurance companies in Australia, have released more personal information of Medibank’s clients online: Medibank prognosis gets worse after more patient data leaked • The Register
Can Apple identify us from “anonymous” data?
Apple declares that sharing device usage information with them is anonymous, but researchers are claiming this is not true and Apple can associate actual iCloud users to this shared information. Apple Device Analytics Contain Identifying iCloud User Data, Claim Security Researchers – MacRumors Would Apple do this? They are already …
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