SAN FRANCISCO - Security researchers have discovered malware hosted on the Google Play marketplace that went weeks undetected masquerading as games. Android.Dropdialer, a Trojan that sends costly text messages to premium-rate phone numbers in Eastern Europe, had gone undiscovered for two weeks in the form of two game titles, Symantec researcher Irfan Asrar wrote in
SAN FRANCISCO - Credentials posted in plain text appear to have originated from the Web company's Yahoo Voices platform. The hackers say they intended the data dump as a "wake-up call." Yahoo has been the victim of a security breach that yielded hundreds of thousands of login credentials stored in plain text, CNET News.Com. The
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced the launch of its Network Security Professional Services, a suite of five consulting solutions that identify vulnerabilities and protect the networks of Merit Members from security threats. "Merit is pleased to launch Network Security Professional Services," said Elwood Downing, vice president of Member Relations, Communications and Services for Merit.
TROY - SunTel Services announced it has achieved Platinum FortiPartner status with Fortinet, a worldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leader in unified threat management. The Platinum FortiPartner certification, which is the highest level of certification achievement, demonstrates that the SunTel team is expert in delivering Fortinet?s superior, next generation multi-threat security
OTTAWA - Cyber attacks pose a greater risk to Canada's economic prosperity than the government previously believed and the country lacks the tools to fight hackers, officials warn in internal documents obtained by Bloomberg News. ?All new knowledge obtained indicates the problem is more widespread than previously thought,? said a ?secret?-stamped memo to Public Safety
ANN ARBOR- Merit Network announced the launch of Merit Michigan ID, a federated identity management service that enables participating organizations to provide access to shared resources, applications and content over Merit's network via a single sign-on account. "We are pleased to announce the launch of Merit Michigan ID," said Merit President and CEO, Don Welch.
MONROE - ImageSoft is hosting a Lunch and Learn on July 18 to showcase its new electronic prosecution solution that lets prosecutors with an application to electronically manage and try a case via a laptop computer. ImageSoft said this eliminates the need for a physical case file. The discovery, subpoena and docketing processes are electronic
SAN FRANCISCO - Stuxnet showed us the potential for great damage in an attack on infrastructure. Now, a serious new piece of malware is stealing architectural and engineering plans for infrastructure. ?I think every public organization should be concerned about this,? said ESET security intelligence program manager Pierre-Marc Bureau in an interview with VentureBeat reported
SAN FRANCISCO - The infamous Flame virus can delete files from a computer and is likely the cause of a cyberattack against Iran in April, according to new findings. Flame was originally identified for its ability to steal data and capture information from keystrokes, PC displays, and audio conversations, CNET News.Com reported. But a new
SAN FRANCISCO - A hole in the Face.com mobile app KLIK has been closed after a researcher discovered that it could be used to hijack Facebook and Twitter accounts. KLIK lets people tag faces in photos using Facebook, which recently acquired Israel-based Face.com. But Ashkan Soltani, a privacy and security researcher, found that it also