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Drug Dealers Swapping Down To Old Cellphones To Stay One Step Ahead In The ‘Tech Arms Race’
The FBI, along with seemingly every law enforcement agency in the country, wants a backdoor into every new, encrypted-by-default cellphone, arguing that without this, …
Police want app ‘Waze’ to be disabled
A smartphone app called Waze, which allows drivers to mark where they spot police cars along roadsides, is under fire by police officers who …
Android malware encounters surged in 2014, up by 75 percent, report says
Although many U.S.-based security professionals and mobile device users might have once believed their devices were safe from malware, new research suggests that in …
Messaging Apps Are Terribly Insecure
t’s likely that every single day, you use a messaging app to communicate with friends and family. It’s also likely that the messaging app …
Change all of your passwords at once with Dashlane
Whenever a big security breach such as Heartbleed occurs, I engage in an internal dialogue in an effort to determine if it’s worth the …
Operation Auroragold – How The NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide
In March 2011, two weeks before the Western intervention in Libya, a secret message was delivered to the National Security Agency. An intelligence unit …
US senator wants to ban government back doors in phones, PCs
US Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has introduced a bill on the Senate floor that takes aim at government mandates requiring companies to build back …
Vodafone sent 1,000 News UK workers’ data to police
Vodafone sent phone data of more than 1,000 News UK staff to police who had asked for details of just one journalist, it has …
New Apple-focused malware uses Macs to infect iPhones
Apple users in China have an active, new threat to contend with that attacks iPhones and iPads through Apple’s Mac OS X operating system, …
Mobile Security’s Budget Shortfall
Recent research from Gartner shows worldwide spending on information security growing nearly 8 percent this year, reaching $71.1 billion by the end of 2014. …
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