Endpoint/Device Security

Trend Micro has identified a new Android denial-of-service bug that can be exploited to make devices unresponsive and practically unusable.

Successfully exploiting the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to spy on users, or even completely take over the device.

The threat is detected by Avast as Clicker-AR, and by requesting a certain permission it can redirect Android users to porn sites via their browser or other apps.

Despite reports that iOS devices must be jailbroken before compromise, researchers found other ways to install the spyware.

Cowboy Adventure is a working game with between 500,000 and 1,000,000 downloads, but it is also malware that has been observed stealing Facebook credentials.

FBI Director James Comey brought his case against encryption to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and said it hampers terrorism investigations.

The malicious third-party Android app conducts click fraud, premium rate SMS fraud and downloads additional malicious APKs.

MasterCard has announced that it will begin using facial recognition and other biometric measures to verify payments in an effort to replace passwords.