Security Bulletin: XcodeGhost iOS malware

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Beware! Over 800 Android Apps on Google Play Store Contain 'Xavier' Malware

Over 800 different Android apps that have been downloaded millions of times from Google Play Store found to be infected with malicious ad library that silently collects sensitive user data and can perform dangerous operations. Dubbed "Xavier," the malicious ad library, initially emerged in...

How to Protect Yourself against XcodeGhost like iOS Malware Attacks

Recently, Chinese iOS developers have discovered a new OS X and iOS malware dubbed XcodeGhost that has appeared in malicious versions of Xcode, Apple’s official toolkit for developing iOS and OS X apps. The hack of Apple’s Xcode involves infecting the compiler with malware and then passing that...

XcodeGhost Apple AppStore Malware

As more eyes peer into XcodeGhost, the malware that managed to sneak into Apple’s App Store, more trouble bubbles to the surface. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks said in an updated report that the malware contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker in man-in-the-middle position to control...

XcodeGhost iOS App Malware Contained

Concern over the so-called XcodeGhost malware has put the security of Apple’s App Store on the front page. While the App Store was not hacked, attackers did manage to append malicious code to a number of popular apps—most of those developed in China—and find a loophole in Apple’s code-scanning to...

Mobile Madness

Admit it. It would scarcely break your heart if the legions of slack-jawed smartphone Facebook and FourSquare gawkers were forced to confront their own digital mortality – however briefly – with a few scary exploits made just for them. In 2011, the untethered among us saw several mobile security...

How the Google-Motorola Deal May Affect Android Security

By B.K. DeLong With this morning’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google has made the move to bring in a solid hardware component for their Android mobility platform and fired another shot across the bow of Apple. But one big questions remains: What does this acquisition mean for those trying ...

DroidDream Again Appears in Android Market Apps

For Android users, the refrain must be getting a little tiresome: Researchers have found another batch of apps in the Android Market that were infected with malware. Once again, it was the DroidDream malware family causing the trouble, but this time, it was just a handful of apps and they were on...

DroidDream Returns, Dozens of Apps Pulled From Android Market

Researchers have identified a second large batch of apps in the Android Market that have been infected with the DroidDream malware, estimating that upwards of 30,000 users have downloaded at least one of the more than 30 infected apps. Google has removed the apps from the market. There are at lea...