Juniper Networks has reported skyrocketing rates of Android malware infections on the networks of its mobile customers, with detected malware more than quadrupling in just the last six weeks. That’s on top of dramatic increases in the previous two years. The report will put more pressure on Google to tighten…
Android Malware Soars Due to Lack of Google Oversight, Says Juniper
Like us on Facebook Despite this, Juniper says Android is not necessarily an inherently less secure platform, but suffers instead from the absence of a gatekeeping mechanism: “The main reason for the malware epidemic on Android is because of different approaches that Apple and Google take to police their application…
Hackers Hijack Millions of Computers in Ad Scam, U.S. Says
November 10, 2011, 5:50 PM EST By Patricia Hurtado and Michael Riley (Updates with prosecutor’s remarks in fourth paragraph.) Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. charged seven people with a “massive” computer intrusion scheme that used malicious software to manipulate online advertising, diverted users to rogue servers and infected more…
U.K. says it could use missiles for security at 2012 London Olympics
Britain’s Defense Secretary Philip Hammond is ruling nothing out to protect London during the 2012 Olympics, including the… View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Iran says has detected Duqu computer virus (Reuters)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday it had detected the Duqu computer virus that experts say is based on Stuxnet, the so-called “cyber-weapon” discovered last year and believed to be aimed at sabotaging the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites. The head of Iran’s civil defense organization told the official IRNA…
Iran says Duqu malware under ‘control’
Iran said on Sunday it had found a way to “control” the computer malware Duqu, which is similar to Stuxnet virus which in 2010 attacked its nuclear programme and infected more than 30,000 computers. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
Video: TASER says device a ‘game changer’
ABC News The founders of Taser International Inc. say they developed their version of the Taser as a safe form of protection, but since the wide release of their product, the Arizona-based company has become a magnet for dozens of lawsuits and controversy. "There have been years where our litigation…
Va Commonwealth University says hacker accessed server with 176,000 personal files
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Commonwealth University says a school server that included personal data of more than 176,000 current and former faculty, staff, students and affiliates has been hacked. View full post on federal hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gregory Evans…
U.S. Says It Pulled Plug On International $14M Malware Ring (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Six alleged hackers, plus a seventh still at large, have been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in New York in a wide-ranging malware scam that netted as much as $14 million in ill-gotten fees and may have involved a staggering 4 million computers in 100 countries…
U.S. says will boost its cyber arsenal
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s advanced research arm said Monday it is boosting efforts to build offensive cyber arms for possible keyboard-launched U.S. military attacks against enemy targets. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
