ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

In brief, here is what happened. Due to an operational oversight within Bit9, we failed to install our own product on a handful of computers within our network. As a result, a malicious third party was able to illegally gain temporary access to one of our digital code-signing certificates that they then used to illegitimately sign malware. There is no indication that this was the result of an issue with our product.  Our investigation also shows that our product was not compromised.

===> We simply did not follow the ===> best practices <=== we recommend to our customers by making certain our product was on all physical and virtual machines within Bit9. <===

The company says the apps demand a 'suspicious' number of high-risk permissions.

According to a new report from Bit9, more than 100,000 Android apps in the Google Play store (25 percent of more than 400,000 apps studied) pose a security risk to users.

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http://www.esecurityplanet.com/mobile-security/bit9-25-percent-of-google-play-apps-pose-a-security-risk.html