Dasient Research claims that mobile apps running on the Android platform are as vulnerable to drive-by download security attacks as the software loaded onto desktop PCs.
Black Hat 2011: Busting a security myth – Macs more vulnerable to network attacks
With organizations off all stripes seeking to defend against advanced persistent threats (APTs), a team of researchers from iSEC Partners put the Mac OS X operating system head-to-head with Windows to see how each performs in the realm of enterprise se…
New Android botnet Identified
The world of security threats is changing, as the smartphone is now entering the frame as a vehicle for security attacks. That’s the underlying message from the latest Fortinet threat landscape report, which claims that a new Android botnet has been se…
NIST seeks help in testing iPad, iPhone security for government use
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a pilot program to test the security of the Apple iPad and iPhone for government use.
Webroot offers free mobile banking security to Android users
Webroot has extended its mobile security applications to its partners in banking in order to protect their customers who use tablets and smartphones to conduct mobile banking.
Fake AV software is fading in profit and frequency says researcher
A leading security researcher claims that the volume – and profitability – of fake anti-virus software is now on the wane. But, he adds, there is still a lot of activity in the market, so users cannot breathe that easily just yet.
Sun website hack: ICO investigates whilst News International apologises
Following on from the hacking of the Sun newspaper’s website last month, in which false news stories were posted, it appears that thousands of customer’s details were downloaded during the hack.
CA researcher spots Android trojan that records user’s phone calls
A Computer Associates researcher has spotted a trojan for the Google Android platform that quietly records user’s phone calls for later possible cybercriminal usage.
New Mac trojan spotted hidden inside fake Flash updater
F-Secure’s research team claim to have spotted a fake FlashPlayer.pkg installer for the Apple Mac. When executed, the ‘installer’ reveals itself to be a Bash/QHOst.WB trojan.
Facebook to offer bug bounties for security researchers
Late last week Facebook unveiled its new security bug bounty program whereby the social network will offer security researchers payment for reporting certain vulnerabilities.