Smart phones and associated apps are coming under increased scrutiny from privacy groups. Still, software from Carrier IQ – Mobile Service Intelligence Platform (MSIP) – escaped their watchful eye. What’s more, the “who’s who” of telecom providers – except Verizon — have been using MSIP since 2006. That tidbit was…
Spies Fail to Escape Spyware at ‘Wiretapper’s Ball’
December 23, 2011, 3:40 AM EST By Vernon Silver Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — The intelligence operative sits in a leather club chair, laptop open, one floor below the Hilton Kuala Lumpur’s convention rooms, scanning the airwaves for spies. In the salons above him, merchants of electronic interception demonstrate their gear…
TROUBLESOME TROJANS: Spyware via faked Apple iTunes updates
TROUBLESOME TROJANS Firm Sought to Install Spyware Via Faked iTunes Updates Governments use the Internet to spy A surveillance firm claims it can distribute its spyware via faked iTunes updates. Apple appears to have moved to eliminate the security gap, but the debate over trojans used by governments, both democratic…
Spy vs. Spyware in Cyber Bazaar
December 22, 2011, 10:09 PM EST By Vernon Silver Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — The intelligence operative sits in a leather club chair, laptop open, one floor below the Hilton Kuala Lumpur’s convention rooms, scanning the airwaves for spies. In the salons above him, merchants of electronic interception demonstrate their gear…
Experts Tout Support.com(R) SUPERAntiSpyware(R) 5 to Augment Malware and Spyware Detection, Removal, and Protection on …
REDWOOD CITY, CA–(Marketwire -12/22/11)- Support.com® SUPERAntiSpyware® 5, the first major update in two years of the popular anti-malware software, is wowing experts in reviews who are touting it as an excellent product that augments malware and spyware detection, removal and protection on PCs. In related news, the company also announced…
The Complete List of All the Phones With Carrier IQ Spyware Installed [Carrier Iq]
Responding to the US Senate request lead by Senator Al Franken, ATT, Sprint, HTC, and Samsung have sent the list of all the phones with Carrier IQ spyware installed in them. The carriers have also admitted that Carrier IQ also captured the content of text messages “under certain conditions.” Here’s…
Montco man who put spyware on father’s computer gets probation
A Pottstown man convicted of putting spyware on his father’s computer to capture passwords to e-mail accounts was sentenced Wednesday to two years’ probation. Parth Ingle, 25, installed the program in an effort to find out if his father, Arunkumar, was having an affair. The elder Ingle was later found…
Probation for son who put spyware on cheating dad’s computer
A Delaware County man convicted of putting spyware on his father’s computer to capture passwords to e-mail accounts was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation. Parth Ingle, 25, of Pottstown, also was given 80 hours of community service and ordered to pay court costs. The sentence was not what the…
‘Spyware’ may be stealing your money
“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Now you can find out the truth.” That’s a banner on the website for SMS Privato Spy, which advertises smartphone spyware that allows customers to secretly monitor a spouse or co-worker’s phone and collect that person’s calls, texts and GPS locations. According to…
Android ‘spyware’ storm: Lawsuits loom, handset makers panic as ‘Carrier IQ’ claims software ‘does not’ spy on users
U.S. senator asks company to clarify ‘deeply troubling’ allegations Lawsuit for privacy violation filed in Illinois Nokia, BlackBerry, Apple distance themselves ‘Carrier IQ’ claims it does not ‘record’ information Still unclear if software is used by non-US networks Last updated at 2:46 PM on 7th December 2011 Enlarge The…