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Chamois: The Big Botnet You Didn’t Hear About

The Android security team was busy battling the Chamois malware family on Google Play starting in 2016. Android security engineer Maddie Stone outlined the steps Google has taken to reduce the number of devices infected with this technically complex malware.

Android, Botnet, Google, Fraud

Marketplace Sells Digital Fingerprints for Credit Card Fraud

Criminals can buy digital fingerprints such as user behavior, cookies, and device information on the Genesis marketplace to fool banks' anti-fraud systems and conduct credit card fraud.

Fraud, Identity Theft, Cybercrime

Decipher Podcast: Patrick Wardle

Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle joins Dennis Fisher to discuss his research and Mac malware.

Podcast

Apache Patches Serious Privilege Escalation Flaw

Apache has fixed a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its popular web server software, which runs on millions of servers.

Apache

Criminals Sell Stolen Data on Social Media

There's no need to go to underground forums and criminal marketplaces to trade crimeware tools and buy/sell stolen information when it's all on social media, such as Facebook.

Phishing, Crimeware, Facebook