Video: A Phishing Attack Inside a Productivity App

Video: A Phishing Attack Inside a Productivity App

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Opening web links received by email can be problematic. They’re mostly safe, but sometimes they’re not. Sometimes emails take you to malicious websites, waiting to steal your login or credit card information. Sometimes the intention is to infect your computer or corporate network with malware, spyware or ransomware. If y...

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Symantec Report: 1 in 5 Android Apps Is Malware

Symantec Report: 1 in 5 Android Apps Is Malware

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Image is taken from (Thinkstock) According to Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report 17% of all Android apps (nearly one million total) were actually malware in disguise.” In 2013, Symantec uncovered roughly 700,000 virus-laden apps. Well, not malware per say. They refer to these apps as "grayware" or “mad...

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What is a WebView?

What is a WebView

What is a WebView?

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What is a WebView

Appery.io has just launched MetaCert's Security API as a plugin, making it easy for app developers to protect their end-users from malicious links and unwanted content insider their apps (which use a WebView). While writing my story for journalists and bloggers I thought I'd simplify my definition of 'WebView' for the purpose of...

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What’s missing from the 2015 McAfee Labs Threats report

What’s missing from the 2015 McAfee Labs Threats report

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Millions of App Users Still Exposed to SSL Vulnerabilities Here are some of the key highlights from the report: Poor programming practices expose users to SSL/TLS vulnerabilities. Months after app vendors were notified that their apps exposed users to SSL/TLS vulnerabilities, many of those apps still remain unsecure. ...

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How WebView has weakened the TCB of the Web infrastructure

Secure WebView displaying Protected by MetaCert

How WebView has weakened the TCB of the Web infrastructure

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Secure WebView displaying Protected by MetaCert

App making platforms are great. They make it easy for publishers to build native and hybrid apps. As one of the seven original founders of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative, I fully appreciate the value that these platforms bring. However, these well meaning platforms are putting consumers' personal and corporate data at risk. 1...

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