A new report from security firm McAfee finds mobile threats are on the rise, and iOS users seem to be much safer than Android fans. I try to take all these security reports with a grain of salt, considering McAfee’s vested interested in scaring the bejesus out of us to…
Security firm: Hacking attacks traced to China hit chemical, military-related companies
BEIJING — Cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an effort to steal technical secrets, a U.S. computer security company said Tuesday, adding to complaints about pervasive Internet crime linked to this country. The targets included 29 chemical companies and 19 others that…
Security firm: Hackers hit chemical companies
Cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an effort to steal technical secrets, a U.S. computer security company said Tuesday, adding to complaints about pervasive Internet crime linked to this country. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results…
BlackBerry encryption security broken by Russian firm Elcomsoft
A Russian security company has upgraded a phone password cracking suite with the ability to figure out the master device password for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry devices. Elcomsoft said that before it developed the product, it was believed that there was no way to figure out a device password on…
Security firm targets mobile carriers
Gareth Machlachlan, founder and chief operating officer of AdaptiveMobile explains why mobile carriers should take a more active role in securing mobile devices. <img alt="Security firm targets mobile carriers, Blog, Security, Mobile, firm, targets, carriers"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/><img alt="Security firm targets mobile carriers, Blog, Security, Mobile, firm, targets,…
UK firm denies supplying spyware to Mubarak’s secret police
A UK tech firm has denied supplying spyware technology to the former Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak. Documents uncovered when the country’s security service headquarters were ransacked during the Arab Spring uprising suggest that Egypt had purchased a package called FinFisher to spy on dissidents. FinFisher, developed by UK firm…
Payment card firm expanding near Pittsburgh
Dynamics Inc., which makes payment cards designed to thwart credit card fraud, is moving from one Pittsburgh suburb to another and may double its work force in a year. View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security