The number of malware and spyware programs found
on smartphones like the Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices has more than doubled in the past six months, and some
types of malware are more prevalent on certain smartphone platforms than
others. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
Researchers have released software that exposes private information and
executes arbitrary code on sensitive websites by exploiting weaknesses
in the widely used web development technology JavaServer Faces. Read the full article. [The Register]
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS–The operators of large-scale botnets such as Gumblar and others for years have relied upon stealth, creativity and guile to hide their creations from researchers and authorities for as long as possible. This has been especially vital for botnets with centralized command-and-control mechanisms. But the recent success of sophisticated, resilient peer-to-peer botnets has shown that level of effort isn’t necessary anymore.
Incident-prone social network monolith Facebook has plugged yet another
security leak, this time involving the indexing by search engines of
email addresses not listed on Facebook. Read the full article. [The Register]
Researchers have developed a kernel-level Android rootkit in the form of a loadable
kernel module and will demonstrate the proof of concept exploit at the upcoming DefCon conference. Read the demo statement. [DefCon.org]
Another mobile-phone manufacturer has fallen victim to an increasingly common attack in which phones’ memory cards are infected with malware during the manufacturing process and then shipped out to customers. The latest victim is Samsung, which has acknowledged that the microSD cards in a batch of its S8500 Wave mobile phones sold in Germany were infected with an autorun Trojan.
In this talk from the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit in Cyprus, independent security researcher Kurt Baumgartner discusses the inner workings of the infamous Eleonore exploit kit and the business model behind it.
Facebook attacks that force users to unwittingly endorse scam pages
keep spreading, researchers say. Attacks have now circulated that cause users to recommend pages
promising naked pictures of alternative rock diva Hayley Williams or the
phone number of heart-throb singer Justin Bieber. Read the full article. [The Register].
Google’s secret Wi-Fi snooping used in the StreetView-mapping legal cases was powered by new sniffing technology
that the company wants to patent, court documents filed allege. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Looking to clamp down on the escalation of malicious apps on its popular social network, Facebook will now require that every developer to verify their Facebook account by providing a mobile phone number or adding a credit card to their account.
While this is clearly a step in the right direction, this won’t stop rogue apps from wreaking havoc on the social network.
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