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Apple’s intermittent password prompts prime iOS users for phishing

11

Oct

2017

By asking iOS users to enter their AppleID password intermittently and with no regard of environment, Apple has laid the groundwork for phishers to go after the sought-after login credentials. “iOS asks the user for their iTunes password for many reasons, the most common ones are recently installed iOS operating system updates, or iOS apps […]

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How to spot malicious mobile apps

17

Aug

2017

The pervasiveness of smartphones has resulted in an onslaught of mobile apps, and it’s pretty safe to say that, by now, there is an app for every imaginable purpose. Unfortunately, among the many helpful ones are also many malicious apps – no app market is safe from them.

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Intel Crosswalk bug invalidates SSL protection

02

Aug

2016

A bug in the Intel Crosswalk Project library for cross-platform mobile development can open users to man-in-the-middle attacks, researchers from Nightwatch Cybersecurity have found. “The Crosswalk Project, created by Intel’s Open Source Technology Center, allows mobile developers to use HTML, CSS and Javascript to develop and deploy mobile apps across multiple platforms from the same […]

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