NSA boffin releases mobile security software
John P. Mello, Jr. Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: Obama: Blackberrywith NSA security The former head of the National Security Agency’s Advanced Secure Communication Lab has launched a new product designed to foil cell phone hackers. According to Michael Franco, who lead the team that designed the software used to secure President Obama’s Blackberry [...]
Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 to Developers, Now with Wi-Fi Sync (Arnold Kim/MacRumors)
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 to Developers, Now with Wi-Fi Sync — As noted by ItsAllTech, Apple has released the first followup beta release to iOS developers. iOS 5 Build 9A5248d was just released this evening. The first changes noted include: — Wireless syncing has been enabled for Mac OS X [...]
Google releases Chrome-based Web security scrutinizer – CNET News
The software is an experimental Chrome extension that examines how Web site code executes to see if commands could lead to cross-site scripting or other attacks used to deliver malware to computers via … code,” said Google security test engineer Radoslav …
AVG Technologies Releases Global Q1-2011 Security Threat Report – PRWire
Q1 of 2011 saw a continuing increase in attacks … viruses, spam, spyware, adware, worms, Trojans, phishing and exploits used by cyber-criminals, hackers, scammers and identity thieves. AVG protects everything important and personal inside computers …
EnigmaSoftware.com Releases Vista Total Security 2011 Removal Report with Detection Resources – PRLog (free press release)
PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 26, 2011 – Vista Total Security 2011 is a fake PC security app that was first discovered back in February 2011. Since then, computer users have reported to Enigma Software numerous events where the users were unable to …
EnigmaSoftware.com Releases ‘Vista Security 2011′ Malware Removal Report – PRLog (free press release)
EnigmaSoftware.com has released their exclusive Vista Security 2011 Removal Report to help computer users faced with the removal process of Vista Security 2011. Not only does the Vista Security 2011 Removal Report assist computer users with deleting the …
Enigma Software Releases Comprehensive Antivirus Antispyware 2011 Rogue Security Program Description – PRLog (free press release)
In appearance alone, it is nearly impossible to decipher Antivirus Antispyware 2011 from its twin, the legitimate PC security program, AntiVirus System 2011. Antivirus Antispyware 2011 boasts the ability to detect and rid computer systems of a myriad of …
Microsoft Releases Zero IE8 Security Updates Before “Pwn2Own” Browser Hacking Contest – PC Magazine
Mozilla fixed ten security flaws in Firefox—eight of which were rated … to run code and install software as if he or she was sitting in front of a compromised computer itself. Google fixed up 19 different vulnerabilities in its release of Chrome …
W3C Releases Best Practices for Mobile Web Apps (Sarah Perez/ReadWriteWeb)
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:W3C Releases Best Practices for Mobile Web Apps — International Web standards body, The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released a new standard for developers of mobile Web applications. The document, published as a W3C Recommendation, is titled “The Mobile Web Application Best Practices” …
Security researcher releases Web-based Android attack – Infoworld
A computer security researcher has released code that could be used to attack some versions of Google’s Android phones over the Internet. The attack targets the browser in older, Android 2.1-and-earlier versions of the phones. It was disclosed Thursday at …
