Threatpost News Wrap Podcast for Nov. 10

Threatpost editors Mike Mimoso and Tom Spring discuss the week’s information security news, including Chris Valasek’s and Charlie Miller’s return to the security speaking rounds, a phony WhatsApp download pulled from Google Play, a deep dive into the recent cloud-based storage leaks, and the rece...

Phony WhatsApp used Unicode to slip under Google’s radar

After a troubling week for Google not so long ago, the company is under the spotlight once more for missing another app that, after further investigations by several members of Reddit, was found laden with adware. This app, which was called "Update WhatsApp Messenger," used the logo and developer...