• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-01-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Trojanized Android games hide malicious code inside images

Over 60 Android games hosted on Google Play had Trojan-like functionality that allowed them to download and execute malicious code hidden inside images.The rogue apps were discovered by researchers from Russian antivirus vendor Doctor Web and were r... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-01-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Harvard study refutes ‘going dark’ argument against encryption

A study from Harvard released Monday largely refutes claims that wider use of encryption in software products will hamper investigations into terrorism and crime.
It predicts that the continued expansion of Internet-connected devices — such as smart TVs and vehicles, IP […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-01-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Harvard study refutes ‘going dark’ argument against encryption

A study from Harvard released Monday largely refutes claims that wider use of encryption in software products will hamper investigations into terrorism and crime.
It predicts that the continued expansion of Internet-connected devices — such as smart TVs and vehicles, IP […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-01-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Google’s Chrome Web Store lists malicious Chrome apps ahead of legit extensions

Search for many popular extensions on the Chrome Web Store and you’ll see misleading and potentially malicious apps first. Google’s Chrome Web Store always lists apps before extensions, and hucksters have taken advantage of this to trick unsuspecting users into […]

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