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Three apps on Google Play claiming to help Instagram users amass followers have been found stealing usernames and passwords for the social photo service. The Read More

VPN apps built by four vendors — Cisco, F5 Networks, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure — improperly store authentication tokens and session cookies without Read More

When you think of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack at this point in the age of the internet, you might be thinking they’re old news. Read More

A recently-disclosed Microsoft email-platform breach is reportedly much worse than previously thought, now impacting a large number of Outlook accounts as well as MSN and Read More

A popular smartwatch that allows parents to track their children’s whereabouts, TicTocTrack, has been discovered to be riddled with security issues that could allow hackers Read More

The maker of a WordPress plugin, Yellow Pencil Visual Theme Customizer,  is asking all users to immediately update after it was discovered to have software vulnerabilities Read More

A never-before-seen spyware variant called HOPLIGHT is targeting U.S. companies and government agencies in active attacks, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In Read More

Tax Day in the U.S. is looming on Monday, and as people rush to do their last-minute filing, scammers are out in full force, targeting Read More

A Romanian duo has been convicted for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with malware that scooped up credentials and financial information, and scamming victims Read More

SINGAPORE – At the Security Analyst Summit this year in Singapore, Threatpost editor Tara Seals catches up with Joe FitzPatrick, researcher with Securing Hardware, who Read More