Security

GPS Tracking Trojan Hidden In Android App

A Trojan, hidden within an Android phone application, enables third parties to secretly track the location of the user via…

14 years ago

Mobile Banking Use To Hit 200 Million

The use of mobile devices to carry out banking transactions is booming, Juniper Research has found, in spite of continuing…

14 years ago

Hackers Are Security VARs’ New Competitors

The new breed of cyber criminal is gaining the trust of his victims by mimicking legitimate IT services organisations, warns…

14 years ago

Gartner: Security Software Market Set For Growth

Security is to remain one of the fastest-growing areas within the enterprise software market, driven by factors such as compliance…

14 years ago

Hacked Widget Compromises Parked Domains

The compromised widget launched a drive-by attack against users running Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera

14 years ago

How Black Hat SEO Abuses Search Engines

Behind-the-scenes look at how search engine optimisation techniques are getting malware onto your computer, and what you can do to…

14 years ago

Facebook Users Fall Prey To ‘Dislike’ Button Scam

Facebook users are being targeted with a bogus "dislike" button application in a new survey scam, warns Sophos

14 years ago

Apple Manager Allegedly Sold Secrets For $1m

Paul Shin Devine has been arrested in California for allegedly helping Apple suppliers negotiate favourable deals with the company

14 years ago

Facebook Patches Photo Flaw

The social networking site has fixed a bug that could have allowed attackers to users' full names and photos, and…

14 years ago

iPhone Exploit Code Posted Online

The source code for a new jailbreak for the iPhone has been released, leveraging two vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS mobile…

14 years ago

India Turns Up The Heat On RIM

The BlackBerry ban row has now shifted focus to India, after it became the latest country to threaten to ban…

14 years ago

Palm Pre At Centre Of Bugging Concern

The Palm Pre handset is at the centre of concerns that attackers could turn mobile phones into bugging devices

14 years ago

IT Pros Want Cheap Mobile Security

IT staff are concerned about mobile security - but they're also worried about the cost of prevention methods, a survey…

14 years ago

Time IT’s Thin Red Line Turned Green

IT security is often ring-fenced in IT budgets. But maybe it’s time to tear down that fence and save cash…

14 years ago

Apple Patches iPhone Jail-Break Bugs

Apple has closed the door on two vulnerabilities used to jailbreak the iPhone

14 years ago

Google Denies Spy Drone Reports

Google has vehemently denied reports that it is experimenting with spy drones or UAVs, typically used by special forces or…

14 years ago

Zeus v3 Trojan Steals £675,000 From UK Bank

A new variant of the Zeus trojan has cost the customers of one British bank £675,000 in unauthorised withdrawals over…

14 years ago

Google Raided In Korea For ‘WiSpy’ Data

Google's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, has been raided by police looking for data gathered from unsecured Wi-Fi networks

14 years ago

BBC Creates Data-Stealing Smartphone App

The BBC has created a piece of smartphone malware disguised as a simple game, to draw attention to the smartphone…

14 years ago

Google, Verizon Announce Net Neutrality Plans

The net neutrality plan, proposed by Google and Verizon, would implement previously stated principles in FCC filings

14 years ago

The Emerging Security Assumption

As embedded security become the norm, vendors talk about it less and less, but embedded security shouldn’t be assumed security,…

14 years ago

Tektronix Acquires Security Provider Arbor Networks

Tektronix Communications signs a definitive agreement to buy network security provider Arbor Networks

14 years ago

RIM Reaches Saudi Deal Over BlackBerry Ban

Research in Motion has reportedly avoided a ban by agreeing to let the Saudi government monitor email data

14 years ago

New Windows Bug Scare Ahead Of Patch Tuesday

Just one day before Microsoft releases its largest Patch Tuesday update, a new zero-day bug affecting Windows 7 and older…

14 years ago

BBC Admits To 146 Missing Laptops In Two Years

Security company Absolute Software uses an FOI request to promote its services which include securing and tracing lost laptops

14 years ago

VeriSign Looks To SMBs With Online Security Clinic

VeriSign is offering small businesses a dedicated online clinic to help give customers advice and assistance on trust and authentication…

14 years ago

Social Networking Costs UK Economy Billions

Social networking sites such as Facebook are Twitter are costing the British economy billions of pounds a year in lost…

14 years ago

Zscaler Offers Secure Web Gateway Features: Review

The recent 3.0 release brings together just about every security feature that could be offered via proxy in a straightforward…

14 years ago

Google Street View Cars Return To UK Roads

The cars have been returned to service, minus their Wi-Fi antennas, following the 'WiSpy' privacy controversy that erupted in May

14 years ago

Adobe Set To Plug PDF Flaws

An out-of-cycle security patch will fix a critical bug discussed at the Black Hat security conference, among others

14 years ago