The past week has seen some interesting news in the world of online security. First, the US government announced that all websites maintained by federal agencies must be using HTTPS by the end of 2016. Second, the Wikimedia Foundation (best known for Wikipedia) announced that they, too, were rolling out mandatory HTTPS for their own sites…
Read MoreNote: Some of the apps discussed in this blog entry were developed with an older adware SDK that did not contain opt-in provisions, particularly regarding the ability to collect information and display ads outside of the original app. The adware SDK has since been updated to this capability to comply with Google’s developer policies; apps…
Read MoreFirst detected in 2007, the WORM_VOTERAI family, which turned up during the presidential election season in Kenya that year, seems to be making a comeback in time for the US elections this year via WORM_VOTERAI.N. This worm, notable for dropping the following incomplete image file of Raila Odinga, has registered several infection counts in North…
Read MoreAs the U.S. presidential elections near, online scammers are taking advantage of the candidates’ popularity. Trend Micro Content Security team’s spam filters recently caught the following email message, which asks recipients to participate in a survey for the Democratic Party nominee in exchange for $500 worth of gas gift cards: Users who clicked the button…
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