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Increasing mobile threats & attacks target Android growth

As phones are getting smarter, they are also becoming more vulnerable. Mobile threats that have existed for years are becoming more common, and a new report shows that Android phones are among those most at risk. Russian firm Kaspersky Lab, in its monthly malware...

Google puts new g.co URL shortener to work

A little while ago Google announced they had purchased the g.co domain name, and were planning to use it exclusively for linking to Google-owned sites. Their existing URL shortening service, goo.gl, was to remain for user-generated links to any URL they pleased.

AT&T teams up with Juniper Networks on mobile security

AT&T has teamed up with Juniper Networks on a new mobile security platform which it claims will better protect customer devices from security threats. Security has become a big buzz word in mobile, with firms scrambling to add protection to their mobile services either through...

AT&T teams up with Juniper Networks on mobile security

AT&T has teamed up with Juniper Networks on a new mobile security platform which it claims will better protect customer devices from security threats. Security has become a big buzz word in mobile, with firms scrambling to add protection to their mobile services either through...

Senior LulzSec member arrested in Scotland

Just a few hours ago the UK's police force announced they had arrested a member of hacking collective LulzSec in Shetland, an island off the north coast of Scotland (not, as Fox reported in the US, in London).

Users don’t protect their smartphones against threats

Hi, everyone! I’ve just started as editor-in-chief for Latin America region and this is my first post on Unplugged. I’m Brazilian and I live in São Paulo, a crazy big city with a population of 11 million people (the state, which has the same...

Apple fixing mobile security issues, denied injunction against Amazon

Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the company is working to fix security flaws highlighted by the German Federal Office for Information Security (GFOIS) this week. The agency said “critical weaknesses” in Apple’s iOS allows software viruses to infiltrate the mobile operating system when users open...

New trojan for Android: GGTracker

Our friends over at Lookout Mobile Security have identified a new trojan for Android - GGtracker. For anyone who is not familiar with the term 'Trojan' the clue is in the name - software that looks like something nice and safe to install...

LulzSec gets serious – Senate and CIA websites hacked

What began with the hacking of Sony Corp.'s Playstation Network back in April has now snowballed into a full-on hackers open season, as a whole raft of websites have fallen to the group calling themselves LulzSec. The collective have now turned their hive-mind on the government, with high-profile hacks of both the Senate and CIA sites in less than 24 hours.

Sony still at the mercy of hackers, another 1m passwords stolen

Back when Sony announced their Playstation Network and Qriocity services had been hacked, unleashed 77 million users' personal details in the process, everybody knew it was bad. However, nobody realised that more than six weeks later Sony's evidently laughable security would still be falling victim to marauding groups of hackers.

Hacking crisis continues a month on for Sony

As far as tarnished reputations go, Sony is currently in rare air. The initial hacking furore of mid-April, which resulting in the company's PSN gaming network and Qriocity media service being shut down for three weeks, is far from over.

Sony details PSN ‘Welcome Back’ package, wins few friends

Over the weekend Sony's ailing Playstation Network was finally resuscitated and brought back online, to the delight of its long-suffering users. The network had been offline for over three weeks after Sony took it down and was forced to rebuild it from the ground up in response to a massive security breach, which saw the personal details of over 100 million users lifted by hackers.

North Korea rejects South charge it was behind bank cyber attack

Reuters | May 15, 2011 | Jack Kim (Reuters) - North Korea on Sunday rejected allegations by the rival South that it was behind a cyber attack that paralyzed the computer network of a South Korean bank last month and accused Seoul of inventing a conspiracy to...

With all eyes on Google, Sony continues to flounder

The world's tech press, fickle bunch that they are, have moved on from bashing Sony over the continued outage of the company's Playstation Network and Qriocity services, and are currently drooling over Google's latest and greatest at the I/O 2011 conference in San Francisco.

KT Selects Juniper Networks to deliver comprehensive security to business mobile devices

Juniper Networks | May 10, 2011 | Press Release Junos® Pulse and Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite to Provide Secure Access and Protection to KT Mobile Device Users SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 10, 2011 — Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and KT (NYSE: KT), a prominent South Korean...

PSN hackers allegedly have details of 2.2m credit cards

As we mentioned last week, things just keep getting worse for Sony. Hackers gained access to their Playstation Network's backend on April 19th, and the service (along with on-demand service Qriocity) has been offline since a few days after the attack.

@ LTE LATAM: Public safety communications new outlet for LTE

April 12 2011 - 10:00 am ET | Bob Moser | RCR Wireless News RIO DE JANEIRO – Public safety communication networks will be targeted as an easily applicable market for LTE in the coming year, with major providers already working together in select U.S....

How To: Integrate LastPass and Android

Keeping yourself secure online is of vital importance. This is equally true whether you are using your laptop, desktop, mobile phone or other connected device. Thankfully LastPass integrates very well with Android. However, there is one very slight catch - if you want to use LastPass with Android then...

How to protect your online identity

Online security is crucial. Making certain that your identity is not easily stolen and that grubby little thieves can't get their hands on your money or private data is something to take very seriously in our online world. Despite this, too few of us put the appropriate level...

Spain's Telefonica cancels Brazilian depositary receipts program

Capital.gr | March 31, 2011 | Diana Kinch RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Spanish telecoms company Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) said it has canceled its Brazilian Depositary Receipts, or BDRs, program. Telefonica has also canceled its registration with Brazil's securities commission CVM as a share-issuing foreign company...

Spain’s Telefonica cancels Brazilian depositary receipts program

Capital.gr | March 31, 2011 | Diana Kinch RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Spanish telecoms company Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) said it has canceled its Brazilian Depositary Receipts, or BDRs, program. Telefonica has also canceled its registration with Brazil's securities commission CVM as a share-issuing foreign company...

US to seek change in India's telecom security policy, encryption rules

Economic Times | March 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and encryption in its next meeting with the telecoms department officials here, an executive aware of the development told ET. Also on...

US to seek change in India’s telecom security policy, encryption rules

Economic Times | March 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and encryption in its next meeting with the telecoms department officials here, an executive aware of the development told ET. Also on...