All the stories tagged with: security
ZTE confirms security hole in U.S. phone
05/18/2012, Chinese telecommunications equipment and systems company ZTE said that one of its mobile phone models sold in the U.S. has a vulnerability that, according to researchers, could allow others to control the device. Reuters said that the hole affects the [...]
Radio Tactics’ ACESO Kiosk mobile data extraction to be used by London Police
05/17/2012, The Metropolitan Police, the police force responsible for Greater London, has announced that it will begin using a mobile device data extraction system that will give its officers the ability to extract data from a mobile device in a matter [...]
Wikipedia banner ads could mean that your PC has malware
05/14/2012, You’ve probably used Wikipedia before. It has the become the go to guy on the Internet – a McGuyver all the way. Of course, there are other awesome resources too that we like. But in case you used Wikipedia this [...]
OS X 10.7.4 FileVault Security Issue Fixed
05/09/2012, Mac users will be happy to hear that Apple has just launched its latest update to Mac OS X Lion today. If you can still remember our post a few days ago about the issue with the FileVault encryption program [...]
Sprint announces Sprint Guardian mobile security suite
05/09/2012, Parents are always worrying about their kids and the kind of friends they mingle with, who they go out with, the sites they surf, the games they play, etc. While kids might see this as an invasion of privacy, parents [...]
Symantec releases Norton 2013 public beta
05/05/2012, Symantec, the largest maker of personal computer security software, has released the first public beta of Norton Antivirus 2013, Norton Internet Security 2013 and Norton 360 2013. Symantec hopes to offer the best ever user experience, both on existing platforms [...]
Adobe Flash Player gets an emergency security update
05/04/2012, Adobe has just released an urgent security patch for its Adobe Flash Player version 11.2.202.233 and earlier versions on Windows, Macintosh and Linux; version 11.1.115.7 and earlier versions for Android 4.x; and 11.1.111.8 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and [...]
Firefox add-on exposes users browsing history
05/01/2012, We have received reports that a Firefox add-on is potentially exposing the full web-browsing history of its users to its back-end service. This is an issue because user data being sent is over an non-encrypted connection. The add-on in question [...]
This iPhone concept comes with a self-destruct feature
04/30/2012, If you’re the sort of person who requires a password to be entered every time you try to unlock your iPhone, this password concept with Siri by the folks at Aatma Studio might be of interest to you. Yup, it [...]
One out of five Macs has malware… Windows malware [research]
04/25/2012, Sophos, a world-leading developer and vendor of security software and hardware, said on Tuesday that a high level of malware has been discovered on Mac computers. Based on the research conducted by the Sophos team, one in every five Mac [...]
Security flaw discovered in Facebook app for iOS and Android
04/06/2012, A developer by the name of Gareth Wright has recently stumbled across a security flaw on the Facebook app for iOS and Android that could give hackers a way to access your Facebook account and cause quite a bit of [...]
Microsoft is looking into credit card retrieval claims on refurbished Xbox 360s
04/02/2012, Last week we reported that according to researchers, credit card information along with other sensitive data could be retrieved from refurbished or second hand Xbox 360 units despite it having been reformatted. This certainly does not bode well for those [...]
Hackers reportedly able to retrieve credit card information from refurbished Xboxes
03/30/2012, Maybe you’ve decided to give up on gaming, or maybe you’re strapped for cash, whichever the case, you’ve decided to sell off your Xbox 360. Bad idea. At least that’s what researchers at Drexel University have suggested when they discovered [...]
