RIM announces BlackBerry Protect
RIM’s consumer-grade protection software for BlackBerry smartphones, dubbed Blackberry Protect, has just been officially announced. Rumored for months, the new service lets customers not attached to a …
Security
YouTube hit with cross-site scripting vulnerability, Justin Bieber videos targeted
Sunday, users of Google’s video service YouTube were exposed to a cross-site scripting vulnerability that put the cookies of those visiting affected video pages at …
BlackBerry Shield screenshots emerge at long last
It’s been a long time since we first mentioned BlackBerry Shield, but that all changed Thursday. BNews.pl managed to get a hold of a handful …
HTC confirms Droid Incredible browser issue, plans fix
HTC just let us know that their team has been able to replicate the browser privacy issue we posted about a couple of days ago. …
Goatse Security: The iPad simply is not a safe platform for those that require a secure environment
Goatse Security, the firm who blew the lid off of an exploit that allowed the names and email addresses of over 114,000 iPad owners to be farmed, …
AT&T sends out apology emails to iPad 3G customers in wake of security breach
While the fallout continues over last week’s security breach which saw hackers gain access to the email addresses of some 114,000 AT&T iPad 3G customers …
Google researcher outs zero-day exploit in Windows XP
On June 5th, Google researcher Tavis Ormandy notified Microsoft of a very serious bug in the Windows Help and Support Center of Windows XP. The …
FBI investigating AT&T security breach
And here comes the FBI. Speaking to Wall Street Journal, an FBI spokesperson confirmed that the FBI has opened an investigation into the security breach which …
Adobe to issue patch for Flash exploit tomorrow, Acrobat and Reader later
Just a heads up for all of you who have been anxiously waiting in your fallout shelters for Adobe to patch that nasty zero-day exploit. Adobe …
Security breach allows hackers to obtain info on 114,000 AT&T iPad owners
Um, wow. Gawker revealed today that a group of hackers from Goatse Security (no joke) were recently able to breach AT&T’s servers and obtain confidential …
Adobe details zero-day exploit, affects Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, and Solaris
Yesterday, Adobe announced that a zero-day exploit exists in Flash 10.0.45.2 and earlier, as well as Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x. The company website explains: …
Hackers urge all EVO 4G owners to root device citing security flaws
Remember how jubilant we all were the first time the EVO 4G was successfully rooted? Well we’re not smiling anymore. According to Matt Mastracci, one of …
Google ditches Windows in favor of OS X and Linux
Citing a renewed focus on security thanks in part to a recent series of cyber attacks originating in China, The Financial Times is reporting that …
AT&T: 40% of iPhones are sold to enterprise
Security concerns be damned, the iPhone is selling like hotcakes when it come to business users, said AT&T business solutions CEO Ron Spears. While attending …
Google adds encrypted search option with SSL
Yesterday, Google announced a new feature for its world dominating popular search engine, SSL. By simply directing your web browser to https://www.google.com you can take …
Google's universal sign-on service "Gaia" compromised in Chinese hacks?
Google’s high profile war of words with China has garnered much public attention but the underlying cause of the dispute — the alleged hacking of …
Microsoft security VP suggests Net tax as cure for spyware problem
As part of his presentation at the RSA Security Conference currently taking place in San Francisco, Scott Charney, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Trustworthy Computing, …
Apple drops the ban hammer on iPhone hackers
No doubt Apple is leery of having its iPhone OS so easily and frequently hacked (its notoriously weak security being one of the many reasons …
Google ratchets up security on Buzz, again
For the second time this week, the Gmail Team has announced updated security features to Google’s new social media platform, Buzz. Deployed last week, Buzz …
Android 2.0.1 security flaw allows bypass of DROID screen lock
Does your phone have security flaws? DROID does. Sorry, we couldn’t resist. It looks like a flaw found in the Android 2.0.1 code will allow …
Random users Google Voice mail is searchable by anyone?
Holy crap. It seems that Google is going to have some pretty serious explaining to do this morning, as one of our readers has sent …
Palm releases webOS 1.1, fixes iTunes sync; unofficial change log assembled
And so the cat and mouse game continues — Palm found a loop hole that would allow it to provide Pre iTunes syncing out of …
T-Mobile confirms security breach
Following yesterday’s news of a possible security breach at T-Mobile, the carrier has confirmed today it was indeed a victim of data theft. According to …
T-M0b!le h@x0red?
One thing consumers always seem to worry about is electronic security, especially when it comes to places like mobile carriers where a lot of sensitive …
Oh no he didn't! Microsoft's COO says Vista SP2 is the "most secure OS on the planet"
You know when you’re talking about a subject you’re really passionate about and you start to head down a dangerous path? In the back of …
Apple getting ready to issue 10.5.7 update for OS X?
As rumors of Snow Leopard continue to swirl, it looks like Apple will be stringing Leopard along for quite a while longer before the next …
Nokia silences the Curse of Silence
Whew. About a month ago, a German group by the name of Chaos Computer Club exposed a vulnerability in Nokia’s S60 handsets that allowed attackers …
Curse of Silence exploit curses S60 handsets… with silence
Can you imagine the response at the F-Secure offices? Woweeee, people might finally have a reason to buy our S60 app! A group in Germany …
Nokia unveils Home Control Center
Home automation used to be something you only saw in futuristic movies, but it seems like the idea of controlling everything in your home via …
Reports of a Gmail security flaw are proven false
A recent rumor of a Gmail security vulnerability that reportedly led to people having their domains hijacked was proven to be false on Wednesday. The …
