Endpoint/Device Security

Researchers exploited vulnerabilities in Google's Pixel phone, Apple's Safari browser, and Microsoft Edge browser at the PwnFest 2016 hacking event.

Fueled by the Mirai botnet Symantec's October 2016 intelligence report saw the number of unique malware variants experience a massive uptick, while at the same time the lead up to the presidential election helped power a spike in election-related spam.

The defense against brute-force attacks on iPhone backups was bolstered with a new software release.

Google released an Android security update that resolved 83 flaws on Monday.

Experts at Kaspersky Lab now understand how the mobile banking trojan Svpeng has been able to automatically download itself via malvertising ads while bypassing Google Chrome browser permissions.

In a cyber-attack coordinated by an alleged jealous teenager, the YouTube account of Theo Ogden, 15 of Hampstead North London, has been deleted.