SN 793: SAD DNS - Malicious Android Apps, Ransomware-as-a-Service

Malicious Android apps, ransomware-as-a-service.

• Where do most malicious Android apps come from?
• SAD DNS is a revival of the classic DNS cache poisoning attack
• How many Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operations are there?
• Ragnar Locker ransomware gang takes out a Facebook ad
• Two more new 0-days revealed in Chrome
• Last Tuesday, Microsoft fixed 112 known vulnerabilities in Microsoft products

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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