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Often I get ads for anti-virus for mobile in free Android apps with ads. This time a scam, claiming to be a Kaspersky antivirus scanner was presented. Obviously this was not a Kaspersky ad, as you can see in the following screenshots.
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If you Google “decryotocat” you might not trust minilock as it has been developed by the same provider. Yet, minilock remains to released and will it break?
Read what wired has to say.
Norse has made an attack-map showing live attacks with some delay. I think it is a nice illustration of the frequency of various cyber attacks. However, I am not sure for what other reason than awareness it is useful for. At the time I took the screenshot, it was happening quite a lot all over the place… I wonder how precise such a tool can be.
It is now 7 years since we did this bachelor thesis project, and it is nice to see the website with info about the project is still available.
I have previously blogged about the mobile pentest toolkit zANTI. They have a new version out with a handy GUI. This I use for proof-of-concept in private just to help my friends and family to get a better security mindset, e.g., how vulnerable you are on an open WIFI network. But there are more tools out there…
Continue reading “Explore Android as a Security Test Platform”
Rapid7 offers a set of free security/penetration test tools for free, e.g., including Metasploit framework and mobilisafe. Check it out here.
I broke the mineral glass of my Triwa watch. Sent them an email, they sent me a free new glass as long as I fixed it myself. So I did…
…thanks to an extracted Android APK-file.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642971
Updated 13.04.2014.
Or play it on a Point of Sale
What to expect from a standard USB cable?
Probably not surprising, but check out this video from Chaos Communication Congress and the presentation “To Protect and Infect” by Jacob Applebaum to learn more about the speculations of NSAs hardware implants in USB cables, exploits, malware etc. for surveillance, namely: Somberknave, Totechaser, Iratemonk, Monkeycalendar (with references to Karsten Nohls work), Bulldozer, Iron Chef, Cottonmouth, Howlermonkey, CTX4000 (ragemaster RF-flooding) and more.
More about the actual documents presented you find here at Leaksource.
Facebook is changing and so is their Privacy Policy.
Some nice features exist limit access to your profile, photos etc. However, keep in mind that Cover Photos cannot be hidden, unless deleted. Access to Profile Picture can be limited, but the thumbnail will remain visible. Please see my old post on Social Media Permissions here:
Following are examples of how the features work.
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