Opsec Cyber John E Dunn, Author at Opsec Cyber

More ad fraud apps found hiding on Google Play Store

June 17 2020 By John E Dunn in Android, Google, Security, Security threats

Fraudulent Android app developers have been discovered trying to manipulate Google’s Play Store security by removing suspicious code before adding it back in to see what trips detection systems.

Billions of devices affected by UPnP vulnerability

June 10 2020 By John E Dunn in Security, Vulnerability, Windows 10

Stop us if you’ve heard this before but a researcher has uncovered a new security vulnerability affecting many devices running the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol.

Brave CEO apologises for adding affiliate links to URLs

June 9 2020 By John E Dunn in Mozilla, Privacy, Security

The Brave browser has provoked unhappiness among some of its users after being caught redirecting searches to affiliate links that earned it commission.

VMware flaw allows takeover of multiple private clouds

June 3 2020 By John E Dunn in Security, Vulnerability

VMWare’s VMware Cloud Director has a security flaw that researchers believe could be exploited to compromise multiple customer accounts using the same cloud infrastructure. Formerly known as vCloud Director,...

Crime agency turns to Google ads to deter teen DDoS hackers

June 2 2020 By John E Dunn in DDoS-for-Hire, Google, Law & order, National Crime Agency, Security

The UK's National Crime Agency has hit on a simple way to stop teens from being sucked into cybercrime – using Google Ads.

Android ‘StrandHogg 2.0’ flaw lets malware assume identity of any app

May 28 2020 By John E Dunn in Android, Malware, Phishing, promon, StrandHogg 2.0, Vulnerability

A critical security flaw in Android could be used by attackers to “assume the identity” of legitimate apps in order to carry out on-device phishing attacks, say researchers.