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AppTec is represented at the it-sa in Nuremberg.
AppTec is represented at the IT Security Fair it-sa in Nuremberg this year. The fair will take place from October 16 to 18, 2012 and is one of world-wide most important IT security fairs. Over 300 IT security providers will exhibit at the fair and introduce the newest information and… ...
Android gives “no permissions” apps access to sensitive info
Security researcher publishes proof-of-concept app to demonstrate security issue in Google´s mobile operating system. Thanks in large part to Android´s history of lax app policing, Google´s mobile operating system has been criticized as insecure. But now it appears that apps with no permissions pose a new threat, gaining access to… ...
Android could allow mobile ad or phishing pop-ups
Developers could sneak annoying pop-up ads or phishing attacks into mobile apps via design flaw in Android, according to researchers. LAS VEGAS--Researchers have discovered what they say is a design flaw in Android that could be used by criminals to steal data via phishing or by advertisers to bring annoying pop-up ads… ...