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Adobe Flash Player Fixes 79 Bugs; Microsoft Issues 12 Patches in December Patch Tuesday

  • Posted on:December 9, 2015
  • Posted in:Vulnerabilities
  • Posted by:
    Rowena Diocton (Technical Communications)
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In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Adobe released updates for 79 vulnerabilities in its Flash Player, the most number of vulnerabilities patched for the said product this year. 56 of these are use-after free (UAF) vulnerabilities, which may allow attackers to remotely run arbitrary code on affected systems. Most of the other vulnerabilities relate to memory corruption and buffer overflow.

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Tags: AdobeMicrosoftPatch Tuesday

Good App/Bad App: Is Investigating Mobile Apps Necessary?

  • Posted on:November 20, 2014
  • Posted in:Mobile
  • Posted by:
    Rowena Diocton (Technical Communications)
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These days, when you see someone staring intently or tapping at their mobile phones, chances are that they’re busy with an app. This comes as no surprise as 80% of consumers’ time on mobile devices apps is spent in apps for gaming, news, productivity, utility, social networking, and more. Safe and Risky Apps We are currently…

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Tags: androidapp storesmalicious appsMobilemobile apps

Connecting the Dots: Fake Apps, Russia, and the Mobile Web

  • Posted on:September 17, 2013
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Mobile
  • Posted by:
    Rowena Diocton (Technical Communications)
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The existence of fake mobile apps poses privacy and financial risks to users of the mobile web. As experts figure out the dangers of the consumerization and the lack of security of mobile devices, fake apps continue to grow. Fake apps usually ride on the popularity of legitimate apps—for example, recently fake emails said that users…

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Tags: androidfake appsmobile malwarepremium service abuseRussiaSMS fraud

Brazil Fights Old Malware, Spam, and Underground Market Growth

  • Posted on:August 26, 2013
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Rowena Diocton (Technical Communications)
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As globalization drives Brazilian industries forward, it also invites threats that aim on the weaknesses of growing market economies. Financial crimes have always topped the list of cyber security issues in Brazil, but as the country’s economy grows more people are exposed to the perks and problems of the latest computing technologies. The recent Trend…

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Tags: bancosBrazilcybercrimeMalwareonline banking threatsSpam

2Q Security Roundup: Mobile Flaws Form Lasting Security Problems

  • Posted on:August 6, 2013
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, CTO Insights, Malware, Mobile, Vulnerabilities
  • Posted by:
    Rowena Diocton (Technical Communications)
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Check out the TrendLabs 2Q 2013 Security Roundup. Threats on mobile platforms, devices, and applications have been swelling up over the past years; but this quarter, they have finally gone full throttle. Cybercriminals have found more sophisticated ways to bypass mobile security, and it’s not just through malicious applications anymore. Android Updates Lag, Users Suffer…

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Tags: 2qlabnotesmobile threatssecurity rounduptrendlabsroundup
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