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Citizen Lab discovers mobile malware: FinFisher spyware variants target smartphones

On the heels of the patent battle with Apple, Samsung surprised the world today by announcing in Berlin that it launched the world’s first smartphone using Microsoft’s latest mobile software. However, we’re going to look at how the Gamma Group’s FinFisher spyware has gone mobile to infect smartphones. The mobile surveillance malware targets Windows Phone, Apple’s iPhone and iPad tablets, Google’s Android,…
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Mobile Security App Debuts for Smartphones – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Mobile Security App Debuts for Smartphones
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Mobile software developer SentrySP Inc has announced delivery of a new smartphone application designed to alert users when their mobile phones are being used to gather personal data. The SentrySp InSight® product works by monitoring all operational

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Lost smartphones mined by finders: Symantec – Raw Story

SAN FRANCISCO — Lost smartphones are likely to be mined for valuable information by strangers who find them, according to the results of a sting operation conducted by computer security firm Symantec. Symantec intentionally “lost” 50 …
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Carrier IQ Not Alone: Most Smartphones Will Track You – Fox News


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Carrier IQ Not Alone: Most Smartphones Will Track You
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Enter Carrier IQ, whose business it is to store some of that information and share it with wireless carriers such as AT&T and Sprint. The goal is to improve the carriers' service, the company says. It uses firmware (software installed by a phone's
Sen. Al Franken Seeking Carrier IQ Answers from CarriersTom’s Guide


Senator Demands Telcos & HTC Come Clean on Carrier IQWired News (blog)
Senator Franken Asks Cell Companies How they Use Carrier IQThe Mac Observer
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