Ross Anderson on the History of the Crypto Wars in the UK

Ross Anderson gave a talk on the history of the Crypto Wars in the UK. I am intimately familiar with the US story, but didn't know as much about Britain's verson. Hour-long video. Summary...

July 31, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hall of Fame” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! July 31, 2017 - Headlines The Hacking Wars Are Going to Get Much Worse - New Yo...

Hero Wars - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Insecure KeyStore vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Hero Wars published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

On the Star Wars Twitter Botnet, the Return of Lavabit, Ransomware and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the Star Wars Twitter botnet, the return of Lavabit, a critical Cisco Webex flaw, and the St. Louis Library ransomware story. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapJanuary272017.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Massive Twitter Botnet Dormant Since 2013

A sizable and dormant Twitter botnet has been uncovered by two researchers from the University College London, who expressed concern about the possible risks should the botmaster decide to waken the accounts under his control. Research student Juan Echeverria Guzman and his supervisor and senior...

Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes - Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

ec-lyon.fr XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.ec-lyon.fr/actualites/2016%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert'OPENBUGBOUNTY';%3E/ose-sciences-star-wars-science-ou-science-fiction Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 27.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:|...

Scourge of Android Overlay Malware on Rise

The black market for malicious Android software is heating up thanks to a rise in popularity of overlay malware, which can siphon credentials off Android devices and give crooks a tool to defeat two-factor identification schemes, according to security researchers at IBM’s X-Force. Overlay malware...

スーパーロボット大戦X-Ω - Customized SSL, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application スーパーロボット大戦X-Ω published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Mushroom Wars: Space! - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Mushroom Wars: Space! published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Star Wars Rebels: Missions - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Star Wars Rebels: Missions published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

LEGO® STAR WARS™ - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application LEGO® STAR WARS™ published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Quiz App for Star Wars - Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Quiz App for Star Wars published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Star Wars Quiz - Customized SSL, WebView SSL handling enabled, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Star Wars Quiz published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

HERO WARS - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, Native code usage vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application HERO WARS published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Kingdom Wars - Customized SSL, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Kingdom Wars published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Mushroom Wars - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Mushroom Wars published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

World Wars - Dangerous filesystem permissions, Insecure KeyStore vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application World Wars published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Tank Wars Classic - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, SD-card access vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Tank Wars Classic published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Alliance Wars- Global Invasion - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Alliance Wars- Global Invasion published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...