Google’s ‘Bouncer’ Service Aims to Toughen Android Security – New York Times (blog)
V3.co.uk Google's 'Bouncer' Service Aims to Toughen Android SecurityNew York Times (blog)Despite Mr. Lockheimer's assurances, Lookout, an Android security firm, posted a report in December saying that Android malware had doubled since the beginning of July. The company said that using its own malware-detection tools, it found 1000 separate …Google's Bouncer will boost Android securityInquirerBouncer [...]
Controversy over carrier IQ leading sprint to disable the service – Tehran Times
msnbc.com Controversy over carrier IQ leading sprint to disable the serviceTehran TimesThe recent storm over Carrier IQ, a software installed on more than 150 million smartphones was sparked by a security researcher by the name of Trevor Eckhart, where he posted a 17-minute video a couple of weeks back revealing the use of CIQ that [...]
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL join Agari anti- service
The major Web-based e-mail providers are joining forces with an anti-fraud startup, which is launching tomorrow, to help keep messages out of peoples’ inboxes. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL are providing metadata from messages that …
Apple Expands Subscription Service to Games (Adam Satariano/Bloomberg)
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:Apple Expands Subscription Service to Games — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is letting a video-game company offer its titles by subscription on the iPad, expanding the role of a feature typically used by magazine and newspaper publishers. — Big Fish Games, a Seattle-based game publisher …
Siri Service on Apple’s iPhone 4S Talks Back With Humor (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Wall Street Journal)
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:Siri Service on Apple’s iPhone 4S Talks Back With Humor — New Devices Dish Out Sarcasm, Tell Jokes; ‘Two iPhones Walk Into a Bar’ — Now even your phone talks back. — Matt Legend Gemmell, a software designer from Edinburgh, got a new Apple Inc. iPhone on Friday and [...]
Secret Service to install intrusion detection, CCTV and access control systems in its field offices
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: Bosch’s 9412Gcontrol panel The U.S. Secret Service plans to hire an 8(a)-qualified systems integrator to install intrusion detection systems, closed circuit television, access control systems and “any additional security deemed appropriate” in its field offices located across the United States. Homepage position: 10 read more
Non-Functional Properties in Service Oriented Architecture: Requirements, Models and Methods
Product DescriptionService Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the paradigm for software and system specification, design, implementation and management that intends to shape and dominate IT and business landscapes in the near future. Non-Functional Properties in Service Oriented Architecture: Requirements, Models and Methods offers a selection of chapters that cover three important aspects related to the use [...]
General Dynamics awarded $900 million USAF contract for Joint Global Broadcast Service program
Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract from the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Joint Program Office at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts for the production of approximately 1,500 Transportable Ground Receive Suites (TGRS) and 1,110 retrofit kits for systems already in the field. [...]
Will cyberthugs exploit Google Plus ‘identity service’ for spear phishing attacks? – Computerworld
While some people thought Facebook wanted to issue your Internet driver’s license, Google’s insistence for real names in G+ profiles as an “identity service” seems to be shooting for the right to be your “trusted” online ID passport. But using a …
Researchers Expose Cunning Online Tracking Service That Can’t Be Dodged
Researchers at U.C. Berkeley have discovered that some of the net’s most popular sites are using a tracking service that can’t be evaded — even when users block cookies, turn off storage in Flash, or use browsers’ “incognito” functions. The service, called KISSmetrics, is used by sites to track the number of visitors, what the [...]
