An article from Cnet about Apple OS malware: Though Apple’s mobile OS is often thought of as impervious to malware, hackers could potentially control a device using a malicious iOS profile, says Skycure Security. Android usually gets smacked around for playing host to mobile malware, but iOS isn’t totally immune, according to researchers at Skycure […]
An article form Cnet about China and the U.S. on cybersecurity : The U.S. and China both say they want to directly discuss the issue of cybersecurity, but the odds of an open discussion are slim at best. The Chinese government today responded to a U.S. invitation to enter into a dialogue with the U.S. […]
An article from Yahoo news in there tech section : In between swipes at the United States, China’s foreign minister Yang Jiechi called for new “rules and cooperation” against cyber attacks at the annual session of the National People’s Congress this weekend. The statement, which really reads as yet another denial that China’s involved in the recent […]
An article form NBC new in there technology section : DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most “virtual private networks”, a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive government Internet filter, Iranian media quoted an official as saying on Sunday. A widespread government Internet filter prevents Iranians from […]
Malware article from TechNews: Verified Android developer licenses are being sold in an Internet black market for $100 each, giving buyers unfettered access to the official Google Play app store. So far, there’s only been one buyer, but he’s a maker of mobile banking Trojans, security blogger Brian Krebs revealed this week. It’s may […]
An article from Naked security on Microsoft patch’s: Patch Tuesday is bringing seven security fixes, with Microsoft deeming four of them “drop-everything-and-fix-this-now” critical. The patches are for Windows, Internet Explorer and Office, as well as a sprinkling for Windows Server and Silverlight. Microsoft says that four of the patches will address “critical” vulnerabilities. To read […]
An article from dark reading about employees, and their computers, who are doing something odd: At the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, Chris Larsen, a malware researcher at Web security firm Blue Coat Systems, talked about zebras. Not the kind on that roam the African savannah, but the kind that sit at computers behind […]
German Security Researchers have discovered that freezing an Android phone allows hackers to access the Encrypted data stored in the phone. The encryption method introduced in the Android version “Ice cream sandwich” by Google. The researchers bypassed this encryption system method by freezing the smartphone for an hour. To read more click here:
An interesting article from SC Magazine about DDOS: Citing inadequate efforts to remove an anti-Muslim video from the web, a hacktivist group is calling for more distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to be launched against U.S. bank sites. The collective, known as Martyr Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, suspended its initial DDoS campaign in late January […]
An interesting article from YAHOO News tech section: Google (GOOG) offered hackers a chance at a big pay day if they could crack its Chrome OS platform. The company held its annual Pwnium competition at the ConSecWest security conference in Vancouver this week where it put $3.14159 million up for grabs. While a number of […]
