Cyber Security

A new Mac OS X Trojan is making the rounds, installing an adware plug-in that renders ads on Web pages to generate revenue for its author. Dubbed Trojan.Yontoo.1, it is the most prominent of an increasing number of adware Trojans making the rounds, according to Russian antivirus company Dr. Web, the same company that discovered Continue Reading →

Microsoft released information regarding government requests for information regarding its digital services. This the first time that Microsoft has done so. While it isn’t the first company to release this sort of information, the company has gone beyond normal reporting, providing a granular report of government requests for data that helps provide a better understanding Continue Reading →

The update states that it includes improvements and other bug fixes including “fixing a bug that could allow someone to bypass the passcode and access the iPhone app”. The issue could allow anyone who knows the trick to unlock a phone and access call logs, contacts, favourite contacts, make calls and even access photos on Continue Reading →

Remember a few years ago when Google got itself in that whole little Street-View-cars-collecting-personal-Wi-Fi-network-data debacle? Well, it looks like the case is finally being settled, and it’s not just the people who had their privacy stripped before their very eyes that are benefitting—everyone gets a piece of the pie! Because in addition to being fined Continue Reading →

Google will be fined $7 million as part of a privacy settlement regarding its Street View car fleet’s collection of passwords, messages and other sensitive data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as it rolled past homes and businesses from 2008 through mid-2010, it was announced Tuesday. Google has already secured the information and agreed to destroy Continue Reading →

Google’s operating system Chrome OS survived all attempts to hack it at this year’s Pwnium 3 competition, which took place at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, BC last week. Google, which was offering up $3.14159 million in prize money (get it, Pi money?), said that there was no winning entry, but it was in Continue Reading →

For the past nine months—and possibly for years—Apple has unnecessarily left many of its iOS customers open to attack because engineers failed to implement standard technology that encrypts all traffic traveling between handsets and the company’s App Store. While HTTPS-encrypted communications have been used for years to prevent attackers from intercepting and manipulating sensitive traffic Continue Reading →

When iOS 6.1 was released, it introduced an as-of-yet unfixed lock screen bug that could give an attacker with physical access to an iPhone an entry to the phone dialer app and all of the information therein, including contact information, recent and missed calls, and voicemails. Now, a similar bug has been discovered by a Continue Reading →

If there’s one thing that iPhone fans love to tease Android fans about, it’s the perceived lack of security on Android devices. But AppleInsider points us to a new study from mobile security vendor Appthority showing that free iOS apps may actually be less secure than free Android apps when it comes to leaking user Continue Reading →

In a move that’s often more reactive than proactive these days, Evernote has shared plans to add two-factor authentication to its login process. This latest announcement follows last week’s hacking attack and subsequent site-wide password reset, and will be available to all of the site’s 50 million users beginning later this year, according to an Continue Reading →