Smartphone platforms and the app stores that serve them should conform to an agreed, industry-wide set of security principles in order to safeguard their users, a new report from EU cybersecurity agency ENISA has argued. Most of the ENISA’s (European Network and Information Security Agency) ‘five lines of defence’ in…
Smartphone app stores should agree on security, EU Agency says
Smartphone platforms and the app stores that serve them should conform to an agreed, industry-wide set of security principles in order to safeguard their users, a new report from EU cybersecurity agency ENISA has argued. Most of the ENISA’s (European Network and Information Security Agency) ‘five lines of defence’ in…
Man says charges in KC airport bomb scare ‘absurd’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of trying to take a fake bomb through a security checkpoint at Kansas City International Airport on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks has a history of mental illness and recently quit taking his medications, the man’s mother told investigators….
Firms increasingly under attack from cyber threats, says SonicWALL
Businesses are increasingly under attack by cyber-criminals who seek to exploit employees connecting to corporate networks via mobile devices and their rising use of social media, a new report said. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
McAfee says Android plagued by the most malware
While the momentum of Google’s Android platform has drawn new partners and customers, it has also attracted new threats. Security software provider McAfee said today that the amount of malware, or malicious software, targeting Androids phones jumped 76 percent since the last quarter, making it the most heavily attacked mobile…
Computer hacking proliferating with highly networked society, expert says
Google, the International Monetary Fund and Sony represent major names in the world economy. But the three share another distinction — recently disclosed attacks by computer hackers that have compromised sensitive information. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security…
Chancellor was targeted by News of the World’s hacker, says dominatrix
A former dominatrix was targeted by the News of the World’s phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire in a tabloid scramble to publish a picture of her posing with George Osborne in front of an alleged line of cocaine, The Independent can reveal. View full post on politics hacker – Yahoo! News…
