Though the bulk of mobile threats are in the form of malicious or high-risk apps, mobile devices are also troubled with other threats. Take for example the bugs found in Samsung Galaxy devices and the OBAD malware that exploits vulnerabilities to gain elevated privileges. Unfortunately, these are not the only vulnerabilities that mobile users should…
Read MoreThe research on browser-based botnets presented during the recent Blackhat conference in Las Vegas touches on our previous study on the abuse of HTML5. Most importantly, it shows how a simple fake online ad can lead to formidable threats like a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. In their briefing, Jeremiah Grossman and Matt Johansen…
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