September 2016 – DesertDefenses.com – Information and Network Security

Check Point One Step Ahead

iPhones, iPads Can Be Hacked via 'Trustjacking' Attack
A feature that allows users to wirelessly sync their iPhones and iPads with iTunes can be abused by hackers to take control of iOS devices in what researchers call a “Trustjacking” attack. read more
Eduard Kovacs
Popular Android Apps Leak User Data via Third-Party SDKs
Popular mobile applications that use third-party, ready-to-go advertising Software Development Kits (SDKs) expose user data by transmitting it over the insecure HTTP protocol, Kaspersky Lab warns. read more
Ionut Arghire
Russia Says to Probe Facebook After Telegram Crackdown
Russia's telecoms watchdog plans to probe Facebook before the end of the year after blocking access in the country to the popular messaging app Telegram, its head said on Wednesday. "We will conduct a probe of the company before the end of 2018," the head of state regulator Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov, told pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia. […]
AFP