Google has announced a security update to its Google Play Protect service. The company will introduce live threat detection with real-time alerts for Android users. The threat detection feature continuously monitors devices for malware and… Article Source https://www.howtogeek.com/google-play-protect-app-alerts/
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Android’s Google Play Protect service is getting an update called live threat detection which seeks out potentially harmful apps on your phone by analyzing app behavior and alerts you in realtime if something looks fishy. The update was first… Article Source https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295784/android-google-play-protect-live-threat-detection-malware
New Google Play Store update is now live NurPhoto via Getty Images Android 15 is now live on Pixel phones—but one of its best new features has been missing until now. As Google works to narrow the security and privacy gap between Android and… Article Source https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/11/13/new-google-play-store-warning-delete-these-malicious-apps-on-your-phone/
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Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads. The data was collected between June 2023 and April 2024 by… Article Source https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-200-malicious-apps-on-google-play-downloaded-millions-of-times/
Microsoft Corp.’s security platform Defender, which comes installed as standard with Windows, is having a bad day today, with users reporting that the service is tagging sites such as Google and Zoom as being malicious. When it works… Article Source https://siliconangle.com/2023/03/29/microsoft-defender-reportedly-tagging-zoom-google-malicious-sites/
A new OpenSSH race condition CVE-2024-6409 exploit has been identified, following a warning from Kaspersky about a fake RegreSSHion exploit targeting security researchers. The RegreSSHion vulnerability, CVE-2024-6387, was falsely claimed to have a proof of concept exploit on various forums. However, a legitimate exploit for CVE-2024-6387 has been confirmed, while a new vulnerability, CVE-2024-6409, has … Read more
In a recent discussion, cybersecurity experts highlighted the importance of monitoring DNS traffic to identify malicious activity within a network. By analyzing data and correlating it with information from news articles, social media, and cybersecurity researchers, professionals can detect patterns that may indicate potential threats. One key example cited was the correlation between spikes in … Read more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging organizations to address an active vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, known as CitrixBleed, which could lead to session hijacking. Despite a patch being released on Oct. 10, exploitation of the vulnerability has been increasing, with Rapid7 researchers observing ongoing attacks in sectors such as … Read more
Mandiant researchers have issued a warning about a critical vulnerability in Citrix Netscaler that continues to be exploited despite a patch being issued on October 10. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-4966, affects Netscaler ADC and Netscaler Gateway, and has been actively exploited since at least August. Although Citrix believed the patch would prevent further attacks, … Read more
This week, Google stated that its research on Chrome extensions has detected the most malicious code but also acknowledged the risks associated with these add-ons. A study by Stanford University and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany found that the risk from browser extensions is higher than Google indicates. Their research paper … Read more