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Android permissions glitch allows eavesdropping, data theft

02

Dec

2011

Researchers have found multiple holes in Android phones’ permissions-based security that would allow a hacker to snatch data, monitor geolocation, send SMS messages, and even eavesdrop on conversations. A group of security researchers from North Carolina State University found the glitches in eight handsets from HTC, Motorola, Samsung and Google. The researchers found “explicit capability […]

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TrueType but not Truly Safe: The New Zero-Day Event

08

Nov

2011

A new vulnerability in Windows, CVE -2011-3402, has been recently identified and is already exploited in the wild. For now, only a handful of targeted attacks have been found. The vulnerability exists in Windows TrueType Font Parsing Engine and affects most Windows versions, including Windows 7. An attack involves a file which has a maliciously […]

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Duqu Status Update #1

21

Oct

2011

As mentioned in our previous blog, W32.Duqu was first brought to our attention by a research lab who had been investigating a targeted attack on another organization. This research was conducted by the Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS) in the Department of Telecommunications, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. CrySyS identified the infection […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

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