Growing mobile payments put spotlight on phone security – Chicago Tribune
Growing mobile payments put spotlight on phone securityChicago Tribune"Mobile security has become a major concern since smartphone transactions are now of much higher value, including corporate data access, managing personal finances and online purchases," said Steven Nathasingh, chief of US research firm Vaxa Inc. Most …and more » “mobile security” – Google News
Amid growing sales, Android attracts more malware – CNN Money
(gigaom.com) — 2011 is shaping up to be banner year for malware, which is at an all-time high for attacks and is … a significant threat for computer users. Even Apple’s Mac OS X platform was found to have fake anti-virus software for the first time …
The Growing Portrait Of Google As A Big, Scary, Expanding Everywhere Copy Monster (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land)
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:The Growing Portrait Of Google As A Big, Scary, Expanding Everywhere Copy Monster — Twice this year, Google’s been fairly frank and vocal about something competitors have done that it feels is unfair. Twice, I’ve watched the technosphere largely react by beating the company over the head with a …
PhishMe Held Private Event to Help Companies Address Growing Spear Phishing Concerns – PR Inside
PhishMe, a leading provider of anti-phishing training, hosted a private event for its customers last month to discuss current security concerns and best practices to combat these constantly evolving threats. The daylong event allowed security professionals …
Gmail attack shows growing cybercrime sophistication – CNN
The level of sophistication of attacks shows the growing difficulty in guarding against cyber criminals. “I long for the days of the Melissa and ‘I love you’ computer viruses,” says Parenty, referring e-mail viruses that circulated the globe in 1999 and …
The Growing Crisis Of Confidence In Computer Security – Forbes (blog)
Despite being a $40 billion a year global industry, cyber security is facing a crisis of confidence. The escalation of the “Hack Du Jour” from simple identity theft, large scale data breaches, corporate and government espionage and Wikileaks …
Why the Mac keeps growing (Horace Dediu/asymco)
Horace Dediu / asymco:Why the Mac keeps growing — When the iPhone vs. Android rhetorical war heats up, both sides bring up the history of Macs vs. Windows PCs. The commonly held thesis is that Windows triumphed as the PC was commoditized (and modularized). This triumph was at the expense of the over-serving and over-priced [...]
Amazon.com Users Growing Targets of Phishing Scams – consumer affairs.com
If you have an account with Amazon.com — and millions of consumers do — be on the lookout for new and evolving phishing scams aimed at stealing your account username and password. Identity thieves have launched a …
Growing Internet Connectivity Could Increase Malware Attacks – msnbc.com
As our daily lives become increasingly linked to — and controllable by — the internet, experts say we may encounter computer viruses attacking us in a host of new ways. With items not traditionally thought …
China Building Cyberwarfare Capabilities – US News and World Report
WASHINGTON–China is building its cyberwarfare capabilities and appears to be using the growing technical abilities to collect U.S. intelligence through a sophisticated and long-term computer attack campaign, according to an independent report …
