Google Chrome to Help Users Identify Untrusted Extensions Before Installation

Google on Thursday said it's rolling out new security features to Chrome browser aimed at detecting suspicious downloads and extensions via its Enhanced Safe Browsing feature, which it launched a year ago. To this end, the search giant said it will now offer additional protections when users...

Apple Security Research Device Program Draws Mixed Reactions

Apple’s long anticipated Security Research Device program has launched, giving select security researchers access to testable iPhones that will make it easier for them to find iOS vulnerabilities. The program offers security researchers specially configured iPhones with shell access, and special...

Twitter API Flaw Exposed Users Messages to Wrong Developers For Over a Year

The security and privacy issues with APIs and third-party app developers are something that's not just Facebook is dealing with. A bug in Twitter's API inadvertently exposed some users' direct messages DMs and protected tweets to unauthorized third-party app developers who weren't supposed to get...

Rogue Chinese iOS App Removed from App Store

Apple removed an iOS application from its Chinese iTunes App Store that allowed users of non-jailbroken iOS devices to install pirated and jailbroken apps. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks, who discovered the rogue application, said the app was not malicious, but presented a serious security ris...

Faux, Hacked Apps Continue to Litter Google Play Marketplace, Developer Alleges

Phony, potentially malicious apps are continuing to make their way into Google’s Play marketplace, triggering debate over whether applications are being properly vetted for adhering to the company’s marketplace policies. Developers at the Root Uninstaller Team have called out another app publishe...

Apple Trips Up Again on Security

The odd thing about the way that Apple handles its security business is that there’s no real way to tell how Apple handles its security business. The company’s motives and reasoning are unknowable, thanks to its near-total silence on security matters and that attitude is beginning to border on th...

Researcher Charlie Miller kicked out from iOS dev program for Exploiting iOS security flaw

Researcher Charlie Miller kicked out from iOS dev program for Exploiting iOS security flaw A major security flaw in Apple's iOS operating system that could allow hackers to remotely gain unauthorized access to an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad has been uncovered by a security expert "Charlie Miller "...

Apple Drops Researcher From Dev Program Over iOS Bug Demo App

Just a few hours after it became public the security researcher Charlie Miller had inserted a proof-of-concept app into the Apple App Store to demonstrate a serious vulnerability in iOS, Apple informed Miller that it was removing him from its developer program. Miller had created the app, which i...