Gregory D. Evans

SMSmishing (SMS Text Phishing) – how to spot and avoid scams

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:31:56 +0000

If the smartphones of ESET bloggers are any indication, scams executed via SMS text, known as smishing or SMS phishing, are on the rise. I don't do a lot of texting, which makes a smish …

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Twitter Backs Browser Privacy Project

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:31:54 +0000

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London police using terminals to collect cellphone data

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:30:18 +0000

UPI LONDON — London's Metropolitan Police have begun extracting cellphone data from suspects held in custody, a move critics say is a "possible breach of human rights law."
The data being recovered includes call history, texts …

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Trend Micro Warns of Trojan Posing as Chrome Installer

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:30:08 +0000

The malware, identified as TSPY_BANKER.EUIQ, redirects users to spoofed banking Web sites.
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FBI Director Discusses Internet Wiretapping Proposal

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:24:18 +0000

FBI Director Robert Mueller confirmed that the bureau has renewed its push for a new Internet wiretapping law. In an appearance on Capitol Hill, Mueller downplayed privacy concerns, saying the FBI’s wiretap proposals — social-networking …

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NQ Mobile Vault 3.0 (for Android)

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:30:01 +0000

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Cyber crime ringleader sentenced to five years in prison

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:30:29 +0000

One of the masterminds behind the infamous “Operation Phish Phry” was sentenced by a district judge to five years in prison for her part in the international ring.

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Cyber crime ringleader sentenced to five years in prison

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:30:29 +0000

One of the masterminds behind the infamous “Operation Phish Phry” was sentenced by a district judge to five years in prison for her part in the international ring.

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Mac-based Flashback click fraud campaign was a bust

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:29:57 +0000

The hackers in charge of the Flashback botnet managed to generate $14,000 from their click fraud campaign, but have not been paid, Symantec said Thursday.
New analysis of the Flashback botnet and the traffic between infected …

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Metropolitan Police gets rapid smartphone analysis system

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:31:04 +0000

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) investigators will get quicker access to data from the mobile phones of suspects after announcing the controversial deployment of the Radio Tactics ACESO data extraction system.

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LAPD Agrees to Suspicious Activity Reporting Reforms

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:30:46 +0000

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Video: Angry Birds Space Trojan & Drive-by Android

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:29:59 +0000

On Monday, we released our Mobile Threat Report for Q1, and in that report we mention there’s a growing number of mobile trojans that “deliver on their promises”. What do we mean by …

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Android in enterprises ‘severely limited’ by weak management support from Google

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:37:57 +0000

Adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in large businesses has been “severely limited” because of the complexities of managing the various Android models and versions, market research firm Gartner said in an evaluation of 20 …

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Evidence mixed for Zimmerman’s self-defense claim

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:31:02 +0000

By Kyle Hightower and Mike Schneider Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — When George Zimmerman tries to convince a judge or jury that he shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense, the evidence he'll be able to call …

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Security services among top employers IT students want to work for

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:31:46 +0000

MI5 and GCHQ are among the top 10 employers that IT students would like to work for, although the likes of Google and Apple still lead in the work popularity stakes.

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[local] – SkinCrafter ActiveX Control version 3.0 Buffer Overflow

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:30:24 +0000

SkinCrafter ActiveX Control version 3.0 Buffer Overflow
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[local] – SkinCrafter ActiveX Control version 3.0 Buffer Overflow

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:30:24 +0000

SkinCrafter ActiveX Control version 3.0 Buffer Overflow
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Morning Security Brief: No Credible NATO Threats, Testing Emergency Vaccines on Children, U.S. Not Safe from Stuxnet, and More

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:32:11 +0000

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File Integrity Auditing with Nessus

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:31:36 +0000

Tenable has added a compliance check for Windows which allows users to compare file hashes using a .audit script (Windows compliance checks v2.0.32 or later). By default, MD5 is used to compare two versions of …

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Notorious drug slinger ‘The Ghost’ arrested in NYC

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:31:28 +0000

By Colleen Long Associated Press
NEW YORK — A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as …

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