Friday, July 12th, 2013
Computer manufacturer HP has admitted that its StoreVirtual servers also contain an undocumented backdoor. The security vulnerability risks allowing attackers to gain unauthorised access to the storage systems. The backdoor provides users with direct access to the holy of holies, "LeftHand" (the operating system for the StoreVirtual server). HP has ...
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Saturday, July 6th, 2013
Reports from earlier this week suggested that AT&T is ready to follow in its rivals’ footsteps and begin selling the private usage data it collects from its subscribers’ phones to advertisers. The data in question is anonymized, according to AT&T, but it includes very sensitive information such as customers’ locations, Web browsing history, mobile app ...
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Friday, June 7th, 2013
Recently discovered malware targeting Android smartphones exploits previously unknown vulnerabilities in the Google operating system and borrows highly advanced functionality more typical of malicious Windows applications, making it the world's most sophisticated Android Trojan, a security researcher said.
The infection, named Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a, isn't very widespread at the moment. The malware gives an ...
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Windows 8.1 will have a couple of tricks up its sleeve for people who use fingerprint readers.
One of Monday's sessions at Microsoft's TechEd conference highlighted the support that Windows 8.1 will offer for fingerprint recognition, as described by The Verge. Prior versions of Windows handled fingerprint readers through third-party software. But Windows ...
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Monday, June 3rd, 2013
When it comes to threats to mobile devices, most people don't think of chargers as a likely point of attack. But plugging in an iPhone — or any smartphone or tablet — could come at a price.
At next month's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, three Georgia Institute of ...
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