Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Proton Technologies announced this week that it has made available the source code of its popular ProtonMail iOS App. Recently the cybersecurity firm SEC Consult reviewed the source code of the ProtonMail iOS App and found seven low-risk vulnerabilities in the popular mobile mail client. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Embracing New Technologies to Gain Agility, Rapid App Delivery Is Good Business Embracing new technologies to gain benefits such as increased agility and rapid application delivery makes good business sense, but existing architectures also need to be maintained and secured to protect the critically important data residing on server workloads across (..)

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A recent scoop by Reuters revealed that mobile apps for the U.S. based company that provides code for software developers to profile smartphone app users based on their online activity, allowing them to send tailor-made notifications. ” The Army app was used by soldiers at one of the nation’s main combat training bases.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The MyEstatePoint Property Search app leaked data on nearly half a million of its users, exposing their names and plain-text passwords, the Cybernews research team has found. The all-in-one real estate app MyEstatePoint Property Search left a publicly accessible MongoDB server containing the sensitive details of its app users.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 17, 2020

Positive Technologies Says Popular Apps Susceptible to Hacking Vulnerabilities in a number of mobile banking applications make them susceptible to hacking and customer account data theft, according to the security firm Positive Technologies.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 18, 2023

Your go-to mobile apps aren’t nearly has hackproof as you might like to believe. We discussed how the Dark Web teems with hackers offering targeted mobile app attacks on major companies. And hard data shows instances of such breaches on the rise. For a full drill down, please give the accompanying podcast a close listen.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 2, 2020

Here’s what we know about how apps are being rolled out in various countries. pic.twitter.com/Z6VQOPfmcx Related: Coronavirus app: will Australians trust a government with a history of tech fails and data breaches? But the methods and level of privacy intrusion vary widely.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 4, 2020

Australia, India and UK Pursuing Centralized Approach Many Privacy Experts Warn Against Technology is no panacea, including for combating COVID-19. While that might sound obvious, it's worth repeating because some governments continue to hype contact-tracing apps. Such apps won't magically identify every potential exposure.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 18, 2020

Popular Apps Too Susceptible to Hacking, Positive Technologies Warns Vulnerabilities due to "coding errors" in a number of mobile banking applications make them all too susceptible to hacking and customer account data theft, the security firm Positive Technologies warns.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Last month, we were warned not to install Qatar’s World Cup app because it was spyware. This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app : The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event. But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Simply download Dropblock today from the App Store or from the Google Play Store to get 5GB of secure blockchain storage for free. Any data or files that you upload to your Dropblock app are fully secure and private at all times. You can download Dropblock for iOS from the App Store or for Android from the Google Play Store now.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 7, 2020

Smartphone App Would Warn of Proximity to Those With Virus While Protecting Privacy Researchers at Boston University have written a research paper that proposes creating a smartphone app that uses short-range transmission technologies that can inform users if they have been in close proximity to a person infected with COVID-19 - while maintaining privacy. (..)

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Dark Reading

APRIL 20, 2023

Mandiant found that North Korea's UNC4736 gained initial access on 3CX's network when an employee downloaded a weaponized but legitimately-signed app from Trading Technologies.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2023

GST Invoice Billing Inventory, a business accounting app for small and medium businesses with over 1M downloads has left a database open, exposing sensitive personal and corporate data up for grabs. At the time of writing this article, the app had a 4-star (out of 5) rating based on 12K reviews.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 27, 2024

As AI technology advances, the need for high-performance, cost-effective and easily deployable solutions reached unprecedented levels. Exciting new innovations such as advanced robotics, real-world gaming, neuronal interface technology and AI require three fundamental elements: High-performance solutions.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies provide intriguing opportunities for immersive and interactive experiences in cybersecurity training. Related: GenAI’ impact on DevSecOps Here’s how these technologies can bridge learning gaps in cybersecurity awareness and enhance the overall training experience.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 16, 2020

Australia Doesn't Have a Great Record Running Big Technology Projects Can you "big tech" a way out of a pandemic? Many governments around the world are trying, and Australia is joining the herd with a contact tracing app.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an updated, 17-page Bulletin titled “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates (the “Bulletin”). The guidance can apply to areas of apps or websites that, at first glance, are not squarely in scope for HIPAA (i.e.,

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

That said, there is one venerable technology – web application firewalls ( WAFs) – that is emerging as a perfect fit for SMBs in today’s environment, as all companies shift to a deeper reliance on cloud services and mobile apps. Web apps and mobile apps are where they action is. Here are the big takeaways: WAF resurgence.

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CILIP

APRIL 15, 2024

CILIP Copyright COnference 2024 By Gary Horrocks THE summer 2023 issue of UKeiG’s open access journal, eLucidate , featured my reflections on the implications of a Members’ Day presentation by Ken Chad on the “library technology ecosystem". Nearly a third of UK secondary pupils avoid school due to anxiety. How do we get that balance right?

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 15, 2024

This collaboration enhanced their confidence to navigate app modernization across various applications and landing zones for both hybrid cloud and platform-native modernization. Application and workload analysis: Collect infrastructure, app data and target state preferences.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

Large language models (LLMs) may be the biggest technological breakthrough of the decade. The hacker’s prompt is written to override the LLM’s system instructions, turning the app into the attacker’s tool. Like traditional software, timely updates and patching can help LLM apps stay ahead of hackers.

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Enterprise Software Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

The year 2023 has been a landmark period for the App Builder platform, distinguished not only by achieving new milestones and valuable features but also by the evolution of our products over the years. In a world where technology evolves at an unstoppable speed, innovation, and growth are not just goals but necessities.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2023

Our mobile devices, and the mobile apps on them, have become our digital appendages. Yet the security of mobile apps hasn’t advanced much in the past 10 years; bad actors don’t really have to work all that hard, or expend much resources, to exploit how we’ve come to use mobile apps. We feel lost without them.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When I try to log into one of these self-hosted accounts, such as an address book web app, I am redirected, via OIDC, to the self-hosted identity manager and prompted to login. the address book web app). But that will change thanks to modern technologies based on blockchains. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

An attacker can exploit the flaws to create an account on the app and gain access to a nearby doorbell camera by pairing it with another device. “Big e-commerce platforms like Amazon need to take more responsibility for the harms generated by the products they sell,” says Justin Brookman, director of technology policy for CR.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 29, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) released guidance to help covered entities understand how they can use remote communication technologies for audio-only telehealth in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules (the “Guidance”). On June 13, 2022, the U.S.

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AIIM

APRIL 13, 2021

Technology and apps that are helping to prevent illness, accidents, and crime also happen to collect a vast amount of personal data. Mike Steep, founder and Executive Director of Stanford's Engineering Center for Disruptive Technology and Digital Cities has been an AIIM guest on the topic of personal data privacy.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 24, 2023

He sees a real-time notification that a user has tried to download a gaming app on the corporate device, which is not in policy. He clicked on an ad promoting a gaming app and tried to download it. In Mary’s case, the access settings for apps that are not in policyare part of mobile application management (MAM).

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Healthcare providers, health plans, and technology companies that use mobile health apps to access, collect, share, use, or maintain information related to an individual’s health should take note of the recently issued Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Mobile Health App Interactive Tool.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JANUARY 30, 2024

The financial, privacy and access implications of adopting this technology must be fully assessed Parking, and the enormous amount of space we cede to it, is undergoing two revolutions. The first is the rise of parking apps. In the middle of both revolutions sit drivers. Continue reading.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Researchers discovered 1,859 Android and iOS apps containing hard-coded Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. Researchers from Broadcom Symantec’s Threat Hunter team discovered 1,859 Android and iOS apps containing hard-coded Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials that allowed access to private cloud services.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2023

Bitdefender researchers have discovered 60,000 different Android apps secretly installing adware in the past six months. Bitdefender announced the discovery of more than 60,000 Android apps in the past six months that were spotted installing adware on Android devices. Victims have found malicious apps by searching for them on Google.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

There’s no doubt, the increasing use of telemedicine, the explosion of health-based cloud apps, and innovative medical IoT devices are improving the patient care experience. M&A invariably creates technology gaps that bad actor’s prey upon. Related: Hackers relentlessly target healthcare providers. Patient data exposures.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Google announced to have removed nearly 600 Android apps in the official Play Store that were violating two ad-related policies. Google removed from the official Play Store nearly 600 Android apps that were violating two ad-related policies, it also banned the same apps from Google AdMob and Google Ad Manager.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 7, 2020

After repeated warnings that the UK will be an outlier if it insists on using its own centralised app rather than relying on Google and Apple’s technology, rights groups and MPs said on Thursday that the lack of privacy and data protections could mean that the app would be illegal.

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