A recent study by the Ponemon Institute of more than 800 IT executives found a striking disconnect between perceptions of security controls between developers and security professionals. Developers largely say applications run by their enterprise are not secure, while security professionals are much more optimistic about the security of their…
Duqu espionage malware authored by “old-school” developers
A sophisticated piece of espionage malware with ties to the Stuxnet worm used to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program was probably authored by an experienced team of “old school” professional developers, researchers from antivirus provider Kaspersky said. They drew that conclusion after seeking the help of researchers and software developers around…
Malware Developers Troll for Victims on Twitter: Symantec – Security – News & Reviews
Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…
Malware Developers Troll for Victims on Twitter: Symantec – Security – News & Reviews
Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…
Twitter Being Used by Malware Developers: Symantec
Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…
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Spammers pretend to be popular developers to distribute rogue Android apps
Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market. Security researchers from antivirus firm Trend Micro have identified a developer named Rovio MobiIe Ltd. in the Android Market, which had a significant number of rogue applications in its portfolio. Some users…
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