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Google Play faces cat and mouse game with sneaky Android malware – InfoWorld


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Google Play faces cat and mouse game with sneaky Android malware
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This helped the company reduce malicious app installation last year. Andrew Blaich, a security researcher at mobile security firm Lookout, said the malware situation on Google Play isn't the pandemic that can be found on some third-party Android app

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Old Windows malware may have tampered with 132 Android apps – InfoWorld


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Old Windows malware may have tampered with 132 Android apps
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More than 130 Android apps on the Google Play store have been found to contain malicious coding, possibly because the developers were using infected computers, according to security researchers. The 132 apps were found generating hidden iframes, …

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Smart teddy bear maker faces scrutiny over data breach response – InfoWorld

Smart teddy bear maker faces scrutiny over data breach response
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Did a toymaker ignore warnings about a data breach? That's a key question swirling around Spiral Toys, a company behind a line of smart stuffed animals that security researchers worry can be easily hacked. On Tuesday, Spiral Toys said the breach, which …
Troy Hunt: Data from connected CloudPets teddy bears leaked and ransomed, exposing kids' voice messagesTroy Hunt
Internet of Things Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings – Motherboard – Motherboard – ViceMotherboard – Vice
Smart teddy bears involved in a contentious data breachNetwork World

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Time’s almost out for websites to abandon SHA-1 | InfoWorld – InfoWorld


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Time's almost out for websites to abandon SHA-1 | InfoWorld
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One-third of all websites still rely on the insecure SHA-1 encryption algorithm, as the deadline to switch draws closer.

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