A new Android trojan virus does the most wickedly invasive thing yet--records your phone calls. It also throws a spotlight on the weaknesses of the platform, and suggests companies are going to have to be more innovative in the smartphone-dominated future.READ»
Remember the Stuxnet computer virus? Initially found to have infested big-time control systems around the world, its true purpose quickly emerged: to attack and destroy the nuclear centrifuges at Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment ...READ»
HTML5 may be the future of advanced websites, and one step toward the demise of Adobe's Flash tech, but that doesn't mean it's 100% wonderful. Now a virus coder has shown HTML5 may have huge privacy loopholes.READ»
Nurse, the screens, please. Android's got itself a nasty little virus--its first. It goes by the name of Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer-A, says Kaspersky Lab, the firm that detected it, and it takes the form of a media player. A ...READ»
Symantec, this morning, is announcing its new 360 anti-virus and security software. It goes way beyond what Symantec has offered in past to protect your computers. Here you get the first look at the new service/software.READ»
Search engines would be more efficient if they were decentralized, reports MIT's Technology Review. In other words, they'd be faster if they were run like bot-nets.
Bot-nets are networks of zombie computers whose processing resources ...READ»
Two researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown they can reverse engineer a person's Social Security number using, ironically, nothing more than data from publicly available data on government sites, and the data you share ...READ»
For the last two weeks, a phishing and malware scam propagated virally through Facebook, taking control of member accounts and blasting their friends with bogus messages. Today, a new wave of attacks hit, getting broader traction ...READ»
Sure, you're sick of Twitter, Bush, and bad news about the economy. But this topics still gin up some entertaining news--so check out the related stories that bubbled to the top of the social Web this week. FastCompany.com's best of ...READ»
We've heard a lot of creative ideas for powering rechargeable batteries, but this one from MIT takes the cake. Researchers at the university have genetically engineered viruses to build the positively and negatively charged ends ...READ»
While a clever virus runs rampant on the social networks, the UK blocks Wikipedia for hosting an image of an album cover showing a naked girl. Is cyber-security broken?READ»
After Sarah Palin's email account was breached, the McCain campaign promised swift retribution. The hammer of justice fell last week on David Kernell, the son of a Tennessee state lawmaker. The 20 year-old University of Tennessee ...READ»
This summer, the Department of Justice cracked the biggest case of identity theft in history. While we are thankful to the Justice Department for its hard work in bringing the identity thieves to justice, it does not negate the fact ...READ»
