A week in security (October 12 – October 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at journalism’s role in cybersecurity on our Lock and Code podcast, gave tips for safer shopping on Amazon Prime day, and discussed an APT attack springing into life as Academia returned to the real and virtual campus environment. We also dug into potenti...

Use iPhone as Physical Security Key to Protect Your Google Accounts

Great news for iOS users! You can now use your iPhone or iPad, running iOS 10 or later, as a physical security key for securely logging into your Google account as part of the Advanced Protection Program for two-factor authentication. Android users have had this feature on their smartphones since...

On ROCA, KRACK, BoundHook, Google Advanced Protection

Threatpost editors Mike Mimoso and Tom Spring recap this week’s infosec news starting with the ROCA vulnerabilities affecting factorization of RSA private keys, the KRACK WPA2 Wi-Fi vulnerabilities, the BoundHook attacks, and Google’s introduction of Advanced Protection for Gmail. Download: Music...