Worst global cyber threats of 2012
The Nominum security team analyzed DNS data across the globe to identify the worst malicious bots of 2012 and ranked them according to breadth and repercussions of infection. …
HTC agrees to fix vulnerabilities found in millions of its devices
HTC America has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software it developed for its smartphones and …
Centrify offers multi-application SSO for mobile and web apps
At the RSA Conference 2013 in San Francisco, Centrify announced that Samsung Electronics has selected Centrify to provide key enabling technology for Samsung’s next …
Duo Security launches secure mobile ID
Duo Security announced that the high level of security traditionally associated with hardware smart cards is now available on consumer mobile devices that use Duo’s …
Freezing Android devices to break disk encryption
Two German computer scientists have proved that it’s possible to access and recover data from an encrypted Android smartphone by performing a set of simple and easily …
Highlights from 450 global data breach investigations
Trustwave released details form a report that highlights details and trends from 450 global data breach investigations, 2,500 penetration tests, nine million Web application …
Bogus cleaning apps on Google Play install backdoor on PCs
Malicious Android apps able to infect and set up a backdoor on PCs running pre-Windows 7 operating systems have been recently spotted by researchers of several security …
Business is booming for exploits, mobile malware
Business is thriving for exploits, mobile malware is still dominated by Android and Symbian, and botnets are back and retooled, according to a new threat report from F-Secure …
Sophos updates mobile device management for Android
Sophos announced Sophos Mobile Control 3.0, which is offered both on-premise and as-a-service. It includes support for Samsung SAFE devices, granting control over how devices …
Malware controls 620,000 phones, sends costly messages
A new discovered malware is potentially one of the most costly viruses yet discovered. Uncovered by NQ Mobile, the “Bill Shocker” (a.expense.Extension.a) virus has …
The arrival of the post-PC threat era
With the release of its 2012 Annual Roundup and Mobile Security reports, Trend Micro documents how cybercriminals have moved beyond the PC, targeting Android, social media and …
Fake game apps flood Google Play
Android users are once again in danger of getting their information collected and being hit by an unending stream of spam and unwelcome offers just because they searched for …
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