Tag Archives: Mobile Threats

7 Levels of Cyber Security Hacking

7 Levels of Cyber Security Hacking As Internal Controls professionals we are aware that all hackers are not the same. This presents problems in defending against them, writes Stuart Coulson, a director of the British hosting provider, UK Fast. “The … Continue reading

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Facebook Reassures Users, But Hole May Put Mobile Data at Risk

Facebook Reassures Users, But Hole May Put Mobile Data at Risk by Christopher Brook UPDATED: Facebook Security assured users on Thursday who access their Facebook account via Android or iOS devices that mobile sessions on the social networking site aren’t … Continue reading

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Flashback Botnet: Researchers Confirm 600K-Strong Flashback Botnet Is Mostly Mac

Flashback Botnet: Researchers Confirm 600K-Strong Flashback Botnet Is Mostly Mac Earlier this week, Dr.Web reported the discovery of a Mac OS X botnet Flashback (Flashfake). According to their information, the estimated size of this botnet is more than 500, 000 … Continue reading

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Satellite phone encryption cracked

Satellite phone encryption cracked By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent German academics said they had cracked two encryption systems used to protect satellite phone signals and that anyone with cheap computer equipment and radio could eavesdrop on calls over an entire … Continue reading

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Smartphones and enterprise security

Smartphones and enterprise security By Ian Kilpatrick. Smartphones are spreading throughout the business world. Their use is growing across organizations and at all levels within them. According to Gartner , sales of mobile devices in the second quarter of 2011 … Continue reading

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iOS Hardening Guide

iOS Hardening Guide This guide provides instructions and techniques for Australian government agencies to harden the security of iOS 4 devices.

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New iPhone Jailbreak Makes Short Work of World’s ‘Most Secure’ OS

New iPhone Jailbreak Makes Short Work of World’s ‘Most Secure’ OS It wasn’t long ago – just a month in fact – that Apple’s iOS mobile operating system was being called the ‘Most secure’ OS. Period.’ A few weeks later, … Continue reading

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Cannot guarantee security after Playstation hack says Sony chief Howard Stringer

Cannot guarantee security after Playstation hack says Sony chief Howard Stringer Sony chief Howard Stringer has warned he can no longer guarantee the security of the electronics giant’s gaming network in the “bad new world” of cybercrime after one of … Continue reading

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Attackers set sights on Mac OS X with Apple malware toolkit

Attackers set sights on Mac OS X with Apple malware toolkit The growing success of Apple’s Mac OS, bolstered by iPhone sales and new iPad tablet users, has caught the attention of cyber criminals who are setting their sights on … Continue reading

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IPhone Stored Location in Test Even if Disabled

IPhone Stored Location in Test Even if Disabled By JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES Apple Inc.’s iPhone is collecting and storing location information even when location services are turned off, according to a test conducted by The Wall Street Journal. The location data … Continue reading

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