SAN FRANCISCO - Signed with a valid Apple ID, Backdoor:Python/Janicab.A uses a Unicode trick to pass as a standard document instead of an application. F-Secure is reporting that some new malware attempts in OS X are using a spoofing technique to disguise malicious installations as standard files. The technique involves using a special Unicode character
COMMERCE ? In a study just released, Nuspire Networks contends network reconnaissance is on the rise, growing more pervasive and potentially damaging than the threat of computer viruses. The study finds that port scanning incidents at remote locations and branch office environments have risen nearly 40 percent from one month to the next. Port scanning
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Department of Defense is building its own secure 4G network to improve collaboration among separate branches of the military, according to the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. The network is part of an effort dubbed "Joint Information Environment," which will consolidate 15,000 Defense Department networks in the
SAN FRANCISCO - Adware has become a somewhat concerning issue on Android, a new study from security firm Lookout has discovered. According to the security company, over the last year alone, over 1 million American Android users have unknowingly downloaded adware. What's worse, 6.5 percent of the free applications available in the Google Play marketplace
SAN FRANCISCO - A student group has charged several U.S. technology companies with violations of European law for allegedly cooperating with the NSA to collect data on private citizens. Known as Europe-v-Facebook, the group of Austrian students announced Wednesday that it filed formal complaints with the EU against Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Skype, and Yahoo, CNET
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is continuing to bare his angst about the seemingly endless revelations concerning the National Security Agency's liberal use of technology. Last week, he expressed his frustrations to Latin American journalists when they chatted with him at San Francisco Airport. He compared America to Russia, CNET News.Com reported. Appearing
WASHINGTON DC - President Obama went on PBS Monday night to discuss revelations about secret NSA surveillance programs with Charlie Rose. In his own words, Obama defended programs like PRISM and argued that they do not sacrifice freedoms for security. "Well, in the end, and what I?ve said, and I continue to believe, is that
SAN FRANCISCO - North Korea has pounced on the recent revelations of NSA snooping to take a few digs at the United States. Minju Joson, the country's state-run newspaper, lashed out at the U.S. in the wake of leaks from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden that the NSA has been collecting data on U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO - BlackBerry has issued a security advisory notice to those who have bought its flagship Z10 touchscreen smartphone - the first BlackBerry 10 device to launch following the company's bid for revival, back in February. The advisory, which was issued last week, notes a bug that relates to BlackBerry Protect, its security and
SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors in New York and San Francisco announced a new program last week dubbed Save Our Smartphones last week to bring together law enforcement officials, politicians, and consumer advocates across the country to fight the growing wave of smartphone thefts. The group wants to exert pressure on smartphone companies and their stockholders