Apple’s ‘Text Bomb’ bug
Apple is rushing to fix a another ‘Text Bomb’ bug that crashes a number of iOS and Mac apps.
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Fitness app users could expose military bases
Fitness app and social media company Strava has introduced a Global Heatmap service, that may have allowed many service people to inadvertently expose the locations of their military bases.
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PCI security standards for mobile point of sale
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) announced a new PCI Security Standard for software-based PIN entry on commercial off-the-shelf devices (COTS), to include smartphones and tablets.
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Loapi trojan – “jack of all trades”
Researchers at Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new Android Trojan dubbed Loapi that has a modular architecture designed to conduct multiple malicious activities.
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Tizi backdoor mobile threat
Google security researchers discovered a backdoor family of malware called Tizi that can root Android devices and exploit older vulnerabilities.
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Android ransomware uses Trojan Development Kits (TDKs)
Cyber criminals and mobile malware authors with very little coding experience can now create Android ransomware automatically using Trojan Development Kits (TDKs).
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GhostClicker adware threat
Trend Micro’s Threat Response Team has uncovered an auto-clicking GhostClicker adware in up to 340 apps in Google Play, to include one mobile app “Aladdin’s Adventure’s World” that was downloaded five million times. As of August 7, there were still 101 affected apps that could be downloaded. Trend Micro describes the adware in recent report: “Trend Micro detects
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