Sophos – Page 169 – PossibleThreat Articles

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:55:21 +0000

Desde hace años, los desarrolladores de aplicaciones móviles incluyen dentro de su programación un código publicitario, como una forma de ayudar a sufragar los costes del desarrollo de dicha app. Sin embargo, algunos desarrolladores simplemente utilizan las aplicaciones como una plataforma abusiva desde la que introducir anuncios en los dispositivos móviles de los usuarios. Recientemente, […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/B2Oy8PVRVNs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Soldar chips espías dentro de firewalls ahora es un truco barato

October 21, 2019 0 Comments actualidad

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:54:02 +0000

El pequeño chip ATtiny85 no parece ser la próxima gran ciberamenaza a la que se enfrente el mundo, pero colocar uno en una placa base de un firewall sería una mala noticia para la seguridad. De hecho, esto ya sucedió como parte de un proyecto del investigador Monta Elkins, diseñado para demostrar que este tipo […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/TCnFffNVVjA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Phishy text message tries to steal your cellphone account

October 18, 2019 0 Comments cellphones, Cybercrime, passwords, phishing, SMS

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:58:24 +0000

Which sort of company is most likely to contact you via SMS? Why, your mobile phone provider, of course!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/i_zR2R90vUk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Some Android adware apps hide icons to make it hard to remove them

October 18, 2019 0 Comments adware, Android, fleeceware, Google, Google Play Store, play store

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:31:24 +0000

SophosLabs has discovered 15 apps on Google Play that install without icons as a ploy to keep themselves on the user’s device.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AoUMvk8i70E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site

October 18, 2019 0 Comments bitcoin, child abuse, child abuse imagery, child porn, child sexual abuse, darknet, jong woo son, Law & order, south korea, welcome to video

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:25:35 +0000

The Darknet server running the site, “Welcome to Video”, and the website’s convicted admin were tracked down by a global police force.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/U8nlPah7fZQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Much-attacked Baltimore uses ‘mind-bogglingly’ bad data storage

October 18, 2019 0 Comments backups, baltimore, data loss, data storage, Government security, Ransomware, robbinhood, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:44:01 +0000

IT workers have been storing files on their computers’ hard drives. One councilman’s alleged response: “That can’t be right? That’s real?”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/idJHYqiJ_xU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Beware the square: how to spot malicious QR codes

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, free tools, QR codes, sophos mobile security

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:04:45 +0000

QR codes can help you buy tickets, speed up logins and streamline software installation. But, when you scan one, how can you be sure that it’ll take you to a legitimate website?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/_b20DFJDcw0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep 13: Weird Android zero day and other tech fails – Naked Security podcast

October 17, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, Android, code, Naked Security, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, stack overflow, twitter, zero day

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:31:29 +0000

Listen to the latest episode now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3JL9rtTl8no” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Pen testers find mystery black box connected to ship’s engines

October 17, 2019 0 Comments gps, lan, mystery box, pen test partners, security threats, ship network, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:21:35 +0000

It had an Ethernet connection to the ship LAN but was also connected to a Windows console on the bridge which was so bright at night the crew had covered it up. The assumption had been that it was meant to be there.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JHJliLzwFeQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>