Avast’s Android antivirus SDK has been flagging up Google’s mobile app as malware on Huawei, Vivo and Honor devices following an update on 28 October. Affected users were instructed to uninstall the Google app due to threats of secret SMS messages and potential data steal. The issue was quickly diagnosed as a false positive and a fix was issued on 30 October.
Concerns over the security of electronic personal health information intensifies
Ascension Health warned that the personal data of its patients and staff were compromised during a ransomware attack in May that impacted around 5.6 million
