New 'Haken' Malware Found On Eight Apps In Google Play Store

Researchers have identified eight malicious Android apps in the official Google Play marketplace distributing a new malware family. The “Haken” malware exfiltrates sensitive data from victims and covertly signs them up for expensive premium subscription services. The eight apps in question, which...

Facebook Security Boss: Empathy, Inclusion Must Come to Security

LAS VEGAS—Twenty years of Black Hat seemed to be the appropriate marker in time for Alex Stamos to remind security professionals of their unique position to affect change, not only in technology and business, but also in geopolitics and human rights. Facebook’s chief security officer delivered th...

Android Controversy Highlights Mobile App Store Weaknesses

Most of the angst and controversy surrounding Google’s decision to remotely erase a benign application from a couple of hundred Android phones recently has centered just on the fact that Google has that ability–as well as the ability to remotely install apps. But, as one security expert says, tha...