Online ads can be very aggressive and disruptive, not to mention they often carry malicious payloads aka malvertising. You may have come…
Tag: Mobile
The Rise of Android Scarevertising
Android scareware, in the form of mobile advertising pop-ups alert to a potential infection on your device, are on the rise….
WhatsApp gets Rogue Download Page
WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile apps today and is frequently targeted by malware, hackers and copycats. So it’s…
iOS Banking Apps Fail to Inspire Confidence
Mobile banking has become very popular due to convenient access to accounts and resources it provides. Many popular banks now have…
Vulnerability Found in Samsung’s Galaxy S4
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University’s security lab (BGU) discovered a vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S4’s Knox architecture. If exploited, the attacker…
Google Axed Android’s App Ops
One feature that could set Android apart from other mobile operating systems is to deny permissions of individual apps. Doing so…
Temporary Tech? Permanent Fail
Not so long ago, I went up a mountain. A mountain which, you may be interested to know, sits roughly 5,000…
Android Pop-ups Warn of Infection
We’ve recently encountered quite a few pop-ups saying our Android device is infected. These sites aren’t ones we’d expect to see…
SMS Activated Flash Downloads: A Digital Leap of Faith
We recently poked some fake Flash files with a stick which attempted to turn a PC into an exercise in coin…
Android Bug Removes Lock Screen
Security company Curesec disclosed a vulnerability that disables the lock screen in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Android 4.3 is Google’s most widely…