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• Zero-day flaw in Google Admin app allows malicious apps to read its files

  Attackers could obtain credentials used to manage Google for Work accounts

• Some mobile POS devices still affected by critical flaws months after patch

  Security researchers demonstrated that they can completely compromise such devices by using programmable smart cards

• Proprietary firmware poses a security threat, Ubuntu founder says

  Hardware manufacturers should move the software part of their innovations into the Linux kernel, Mark Shuttleworth said

• Mobile users at risk from lack of HTTPS use by mobile ad libraries, security researchers say

  Recent vulnerabilities found in many advertising SDKs for Android apps could be mitigated by using HTTPS, researchers said

• Google pays record $31K bounty for Chrome bugs

  Rewards European researcher with $31,336 payment for reporting three vulnerabilities in JavaScript 3-D API