Android hackers hone skills in Russia

The malware business growing around Google Android — now the leading smartphone operating system — is still in its infancy. Today, many of the apps built to steal money from Android users originate from Russia and China, so criminal gangs there have become cyber-trailblazers. View full post on Computerworld Security…

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Chinese cyber skills ‘pose threat to US security’

China’s strengthening cyber capabilities will complicate US efforts to defend itself against industrial espionage and possible military confrontations in places such as Taiwan, according to a new US congressional report released today. The report was written by defence contractor Northrop Grumman for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which…

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