mobile security

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Initially observed in Spain, FluBot has since expanded operations to reach Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and the UK as well, with tens of thousands of malicious SMS messages that leverage FedEx, DHL, and Correos lures being sent hourly. The malware is believed to have made over 7,000 victims in the UK alone, where the campaign…

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

Last Thursday (April 15th), Rosenworcel made a statement on future priorities by reestablishing the Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) with a focus on 5g networks and software and cloud services vulnerabilities. “I am committed to working with our federal partners and the private sector to increase the security and resiliency of our nation’s…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Tracked as CVE-2021-21982 and featuring a CVSS score of 9.1, the recently addressed vulnerability resides in the administrative interface for the appliance and exists because attackers could bypass authentication through manipulation of a URL on the interface. “A malicious actor with network access to the administrative interface of the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance…

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

The new iOS 14.4.2 was released on Friday with yet another band-aid for Apple’s flagship iOS platform and the company said it was “aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.” As is customary, the company did not provide any additional details on the in-the-wild attacks. A brief advisory describes…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The BIG-IP software powers a wide range of products, including hardware, modularized software, and virtual appliances, which run on the TMOS architecture and provide customers with modules that support load balancing, firewall, access control, threat protection, and more. On March 10, F5 announced the release of fixes for multiple vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, some of which…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Tracked as CVE-2021-1844 and co-reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Alison Huffman of Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research, the flaw was addressed with software updates for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and Safari. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would simply need to craft a webpage containing malicious code, and then lure the victim…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Week

Research conducted by Alissa Knight, partner at marketing agency Knight Ink, on behalf of mobile API threat protection firm Approov showed that the applications are to API attacks that unauthorized parties could leverage to access protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). With people increasingly relying on mHealth apps during the COVID-19 pandemic,…