Google released the latest version of its Android mobile operating system on Monday, adding security features that it says will make it tougher for mobile device users to be subjected to “clickjacking” attacks that trick them into clicking on hidden or disguised user interface elements.
Google released the latest version of its Android mobile operating system on Monday, adding security features that it says will make it tougher for mobile device users to be subjected to “clickjacking” attacks that trick them into clicking on hidden or disguised user interface elements.
Information leak Web site Wikileaks put out a call for volunteers willing to help the organization host its controversial documents. Claiming that the site was “under heavy attack,” Wikileaks posted an appeal on its Web site looking for individuals willing to help mirror the contents of Wikileaks now infamous Cablegate documents on a physical or virtual server. Within hours the site’s content was being mirrored at over 500 locations, according to a list provided by Wikileaks.
The Pentagon says the leak of diplomatic cables was an unforeseen
consequence of its policy to encourage information sharing. That’s
nonsense. When it comes to its failure to protect classified data, Uncle
Sam’s been warned before.
An update to the popular Wordpress blogging platform fixes a known security hole that could have enabled a malicious contributor to gain wider control over the blog to which he or she contributed.
Does jailbreaking your mobile phone make it less secure? Kaspersky Lab Director of Global Research and Analysis Costin Raiu offers his thoughts in this exclusive video Q&A with Threatpost Editor Ryan Naraine.
Pinched screen real estate on iPhone devices may make it easier for users to be fooled into using bogus “phishing” Web sites, according to an analysis by researcher Nitesh Dhanjani.
Its no surprise that the headlines this Monday that weren’t about the online shopping Bacchanal known as Cyber Monday were about the latest purge of confidential documents from Wikileaks.
The Web site of Wikileaks was moving quickly to stay out of the way of large scale denial of service attacks on Sunday and Monday, following the release of a trove of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables. The controversial site, which has spent months trying to find a home secure from government seizure, now appears to be hosted on servers that are part of U.S. firm Amazon.com’s giant hosted Web Services infrastructure based in Seattle, Washington.
China has long used the Internet’s Domain Name Service (DNS) to censor Web sites and information that the ruling Communist Party deems threatening. But now security experts warn that the government’s censorship is in danger of spilling over China’s borders: suppressing the ability of those living outside of China to find information online.
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