DeepSec 2023 Talk: 1h Talk - LeaveHomeSafe: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly - Abraham Aranguren

DeepSec 2023 features a discussion of the privacy and security records of contact tracing apps. Developers should take note.

German COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Vulnerability Allowed RCE

Bug hunters at GitHub Security Labs help shore up German contact tracing app security, crediting open source collaboration. By Becky Bracken Researchers at GitHub Security Labs have credited open source for their ability to hunt down and help fix A security vulnerability in the infrastructure underlying Germany’s contact tracing app, called Corona Warn-Warn-App. Researcher

Emerging Ransomware Targets Photos, Videos on Android Devices

The CryCryptor malware strain is a brand-new family of threats, leveraging COVID-19 to spread.

Contact-tracing app: How did the UK go so badly wrong? | ZDNet

The UK government has just U-turned on its own plans for a contact-tracing app after months of development. This is what went wrong.

Grundrechtliche Forderungen an eine «Contact Tracing»-App - Digitale Gesellschaft

Die vom Bundesrat auf den Weg gebrachte Contact Tracing-App berücksichtigt die Forderungen der Wissenschaft und der Zivilgesellschaft bezüglich Privatsphäre und Datenschutz weitgehend. Dennoch bleiben wichtige Fragen offen. Dies stellen Amnesty International, die Digitale Gesellschaft und die Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung an Bundesrat Berset und das Bundesamt für…

'[F]Unicorn' Ransomware Impersonates Legit COVID-19 Contact-Tracing App

The new malware family was seen pretending to be an official Italian app, called Immuni.

La CNCDH souligne les dangers de l’application StopCovid

News Wrap: Ransomware Extortion Tactics, Contact-Tracing App Security Worries

Threatpost editors discuss recent ransomware attacks and contact-tracing app privacy concerns.