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iOS, OS X Library AFNetwork Patches MiTM Vulnerability

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Mar

2015

Until yesterday, a popular networking library for #ios and OS X used in apps such as Pinterest and Simple was susceptible to #ssl man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks. The developer behind the framework AFNetworking on Thursday pushed a fix for the issue, a logic flaw. The flaw had lingered in the wild for more than two months […]

Category Mobile security Vulnerabilities Written by Threatpost 0 Comments

New mobile-malware detection technique uses gestures

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Mar

2015

Mobile malware is a growing problem, but researchers from University of Alabama at Birmingham have figured out a new way of detecting when shady mobile apps get up to no good, such as trying to call premium-rate numbers unbeknowst to a phone’s owner. The technique relies on using the phone’s motion, position and ambient sensors […]

Category Malware Mobile Mobile security Written by Cio 0 Comments

Mobile apps are not being tested for insecure behavior

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Mar

2015

Enterprises are not doing nearly enough to understand which mobile app behaviors hitting their networks and data are risky, nor are they testing apps for those risky behaviors to ensure proper enforcement of their BYOD policies, according to Flexera Software and IDC. Despite data security being among the biggest challenges when implementing BYOD policies for […]

Category Mobile Network security Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

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