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Mobile malware surges this year, almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers

2012-09-04/0 Comments/in Mobile Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Mobile malware has exploded this year, growing almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers. Almost all of it, perhaps 85 percent, targets smartphones running Android.

Democrats push for open Internet, cybersecurity

2012-09-04/0 Comments/in General Security/by admin

Democrats late Sunday reiterated support for open Internet policies that protect free speech and consumer choice, stronger cybersecurity laws and the protection of movies and songs from online copyright violations.

Mobile malware surges this year, almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers

2012-09-04/0 Comments/in Mobile Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Mobile malware has exploded this year, growing almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers. Almost all of it, perhaps 85 percent, targets smartphones running Android.

Democrats push for open Internet, cybersecurity

2012-09-04/0 Comments/in General Security/by admin

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Mobile malware surges this year, almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers

2012-09-04/0 Comments/in Mobile Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Getting your data back might cost you bigtime. Same for not having “those pictures” spread all over the internet. And that’s just one of the new attack vectors targeting Android phones in the past few months, accordingto security firm McAfee.

Mobile malware has exploded this year, growing almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers. Almost all of it, perhaps 85 percent, targets smartphones running Android.

The attacks range from the traditional and fairly well known email-with-bogus-attachments to the downright Machiavellian: drive-by downloads. Similarly to desktop drive-bys, simply visiting a site initiates the attack.

Users still need to authorize an install, but as McAfee says, “when an attacker names the file Android System Update 4.0.apk, most suspicions vanish.”

Democrats push for open Internet, cybersecurity

2012-09-04/0 Comments/in General Security/by admin

Interesting article from Washingtonpost.com by By Cecilia Kang:

The goals were outlined in the party’s platform on the eve of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week. The tech policy is largely a continuation of promises made by President Obama during his 2008 campaign and initiatives launched during his administration.

The party touted the administration’s push for more wireless spectrum to be converted into commercial mobile networks. It promised a public safety network — a long elusive goal first set after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.