It’s been a busy week in the realm of iPhone hackery. Earlier today there was the release of an unofficial port of Siri for older iPhones , and now that’s joined by an untethered jailbreak for users on Apple’s iOS 5.0.1. The software tweak, which was announced as working by…
Iranian Engineer Says GPS Hack Tricked Drone into Landing (December 15, 2011)
According to a report in The Christian Science Monitor, the US military drone aircraft that was captured by Iran last week may have been forced to make its unplanned landing in that country through a GPS spoofing attack……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber…
US spy drone ‘tricked’ into Iran landing by GPS spoofing
The US RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone that was recently captured and displayed by Iranian authorities may have been tricked into landing in Iran by electronic warfare experts using GPS spoofing techniques. An unconfirmed report in the Christian Science Monitor yesterday quoted an unnamed Iranian engineer as saying that experts in…
Stepping carefully into health care cloud computing
Health care providers must plan any cloud migration carefully to protect patient safety and maintain HIPAA compliance. <img alt="Stepping carefully into health care cloud computing, Blog, cloud, into, health, care, computing, carefully., Stepping"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchCloudSecurity: RSS Feed View full post on National…
Android Users 4 Percent Likely to Run Into Malware; Robbed $1M in 2011: Report
Like us on Facebook At the beginning of the year, Android users were only one percent likely to meet upon malware, according to the report. “2011 was a watershed year in terms of the types threats we saw emerging,” said Kevin Mahaffey, co-founder and chief technology officer at Lookout. “Threats…
British student admits hacking into Facebook
Glenn Steven Mangham has pleaded guilty of hacking into Facebook. He faces five charges for repeatedly trying to penetrate the defenses of the social network and will be sentenced in February. View full post on facebook hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Malware creeping into portable documents
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) — Malware designed to damage computer systems is being secreted into portable documents, commonly known as PDF, by cybercriminals whose efforts usually are thwarted by antivirus software. Defense analysts cited in online commentaries said the PDF attacks were aimed at corporate and government institutions and were…
Franken Calls for Investigation into Alleged Cellphone Spying
Technology bloggers are asking if our phones are spying on us after a security researcher said a piece of software hidden on millions of cellphones was recording virtually everything people do with their phones… View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
Unemployed Romanian Hacker Accused of Breaking Into NASA
Romanian authorities have arrested a 26-year old hacker who is accused of breaking into multiple NASA servers and causing US$500,000 in damages to the U.S. space agency’s systems. Robert Butyka, 26, was arrested on Tuesday in Cluj, a city in Western Romania, following an investigation by the Romanian Directorate for…
Malware creeps into the iTunes App Store
It’s not easy to get a malicious app into Apple’s heavily guarded and scrutinized App Store, but it is still possible. Infamous Apple hacker Charlie Miller created an app that was disguised to look like a generic stock market app, telling potential downloaders that it let them monitor their stock…