Malware

An independent IT security research facility has reviewed Android, and despite constant charges of insecurity, found the mobile platform to be far from wanting ?

Updated! Retailer Eddie Bauer's CEO reported that the chain's in-store point-of-sale network had been infected with malware for a six-month period during which time payment card information may have been accessed by unauthorized personnel.

Brian Laing, VP of business development and products at APT defense firm Lastline, spoke to SCMagazine.com at Black Hat about the evolution of advanced persistent threats and some of their more devious tactics.

Researchers discovered DroidJack attacks that delivered the remote access Trojan (RAT) through an "over the top" (OTT) carrier.

Kaspersky researchers spotted a wave of attacks that has affected more than 130 organizations in at least 30 countries.

Former board members and senior employees at SWIFT, said the company did not monitor or make attempts to improve the poor security practices of its clients.

For security-conscious Mac users, Christmas has come early this year, with reports of Google's Macintosh Operations Team developing a new whitelisting and blacklisting system for macOS.