Endpoint/Device Security

An IBM security research team has uncovered an additional flaw in Android that can give a malicious app the ability to fully control a device.

A researcher has developed an algorithm that exploits a flaw in a Facebook privacy setting to link cell phone numbers to Facebook accounts.

An Android vulnerability - dubbed Certifi-gate - can enable an attacker to take over practically any device running the popular mobile operating system.

Tesla Motors has already patched the flaw that allowed researchers to turn off and stop a Tesla S when it is driving at slow speed.

Square countered the claim of three Boston University graduates that its reader can be quickly and easily converted into a credit card skimmer.

The vulnerability can be exploited by either by a malicious app installed on the affected device, or by luring a user to a specially crafted website.

Harman Kardon said it has told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other car makers that it believes only Chrysler vehicles have potentially vulnerable infotainment systems.