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International Security Standards and the Internet of Things
The third meeting of the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) Special Working Group (SWG) on (Internet of Things) recently took place...
RTF Zero-Day Attack CVE-2014-1761 Shows Sophistication of Attackers
A serious RTF zero-day attack has struck recently. McAfee detection solutions were provided a couple of days ago that allowed...
RTF Attack Takes Advantage of Multiple Exploits
This is a joint analysis by Haifei Li, Stanley Zhu, and Jun Xie of McAfee Labs Recently, the rich text...
Trojan Hides in ROM of Chinese Android Devices
In China, some mobile phone geeks like to refresh their Android machines with images from the Internet. For some mobile...
Your Identity Takes Flight With Angry Birds’ Data Sharing Policies
Back in the heyday before the Internet, and even before the telephone, there was one somewhat-reliable way of spreading information...
Suspicious Mobile App Finds Your Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter Accounts
Today many people use multiple web services, such as social networking and messaging services. Some users explicitly show their identity...
The Drone that can Fly and Spy on Your Smartphone
For many, the notion of a flying drone conjures an image of an unmanned airborne military surveillance machine, or a...
Product Coverage and Mitigation for CVE-2014-1761 (Microsoft Word)
On March 24, Microsoft released Security Advisory 2953095 for Microsoft Word. In-the-wild exploitation of this vulnerability has been observed across...
Yik Yak & Omegle: Two Apps Kids Need to Delete ASAP
So I’ve been trying to put myself in the shoes of people who can’t seem to get enough of using...
Mobile Malware in 2014
As the world becomes increasingly mobile, criminals are prioritizing their scams to target smartphone and tablets users more than ever...