AT&T customer data compromised in scheme to unlock smartphones

Saturday, June 14th, 2014

Personal information of an unknown number of AT&T Mobility customers was compromised by employees of a third-party vendor seeking to unlock phones, AT&T confirmed. Accounts were accessed without authorization between April 9 and April 21 by employees of one of AT&T's service providers and would have provided access to social security ...

The first mobile encryptor Trojan

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

In the middle of May a unique encryption Trojan that works on Android went on sale on a virus writers’ forum. The asking price - $5,000. A few days later on May 18, we saw the appearance of a new mobile encryptor Trojan in the wild that we detect as ...

iOS 8 to randomize devices vulnerable to Wi-Fi tracking

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

A rumored privacy upgrade for iOS users is on the way, which would help anonymize devices searching for available Wi-Fi networks. Over the weekend, Swiss researcher Frederic Jacobs first took note of the plans on Twitter. The feature is expected to be implemented in Apple devices running iOS 8. “iOS 8 randomises ...

Malwarebytes: With Anti-Exploit, we’ll stop the worst attacks on PCs

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

Imagine a world where attackers seeking to gain access to your computer are stopped before they can use your technology against you. That world doesn't exist yet, but it took a giant step closer to reality with Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit, a new security program for Microsoft Windows released Thursday. The software, which ...

Banks: Credit Card Breach at P.F. Chang’s

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

Nationwide chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro said today that it is investigating claims of a data breach involving credit and debit card data reportedly stolen from restaurant locations nationwide. On June 9, thousands of newly-stolen credit and debit cards went up for sale on rescator[dot]so, an underground store best known for selling ...