Report: For Hackers, Is Android The New Windows?
Mobile malware is on track to double again in 2011, as it has every year since 2007, according to a report from Kaspersky Lab.
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Barrett Brown, Public Face of Anonymous, Leaves Group
Barrett Brown, the reporter who became a media-friendly spokesperson for the shadowy hacking group Anonymous says that he is quitting the group in the wake of a public feud that has broken out between different hacker factions within the loosely organized collective.
Report: bin Laden Raid Yields Treasure Trove of Data
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Navy Seals hauled off a treasure trove of data, including computers, hard drives and portable storage devices, following their successful raid on the compound of Osama bin Laden – a raid that culminated with the death of the terrorist leader.
As the concerns surrounding the data collected and transmitted by mobile apps continue to grow, Whisper Systems, a small start-up, has released WhisperMonitor, a free tool that enables owners of Android phones to control exactly what each of their installed apps can do and monitor what data is sent out from the device.
Sony Corp. took further steps to contain a serious data breach: temporarily shuttering the Website of Sony Online Entertainment and station.com, another of the technology company’s online gaming networks, even as it signaled the slow return of its PlayStation Network to operation.
Google is well-known for its worldwide network of data centers, in which it holds not just the company’s own data, but the sensitive information of its corporate and consumer customers. In this video, Google gives a rare behind-the-scenes look at the physical and data security measures that the company uses to protect that data.
Sony officials are now saying that while they’re still unsure whether the attackers behind the recent breach of the PlayStation Network stole customers’ credit-card data, the data itself was indeed encrypted n the database.
Apple finally sounded off on its phone tracking imbroglio on Wednesday
telling iPhone customers that “it’s the location, stupid.” The company
claims its tracking feature is designed to collect data on cell towers
and wifi hotspots, not users.
Current versions of the SpyEye Trojan now include functionality designed to steal sensitive data from individuals surfing the Web with Chrome and Opera browsers according to a Brian Krebs report.
A group of researchers has developed a new application that can hide sensitive data on a hard drive without encrypting it or leaving any obvious signs that the data is present. The new steganography system relies on the old principle of hiding valuables in plain sight.
