Endpoint/Device Security

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.

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.