The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups have standing in challenging the constitutionality of the US government’s warrantless wiretapping of overseas phone calls and emails.
22 May 2012
New start-up SaaSID today launches a product at CloudForce London that seeks to solve a pressing and growing problem: the authentication of personal devices to the cloud.
22 May 2012
The tethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1, Redsn0w, still works on iOS 5.1.1. This week, probably on 25 May, a new untethered jailbreak is likely to be announced at the Hack-in-the-Box conference.
21 May 2012
While the UK awaits details on how the proposed Communications Bill will force service providers to monitor internet and phone metadata, Sweden’s TeliaSonera shows how it could be done by selling black boxes to authoritarian states.
21 May 2012
Symantec researchers recently discovered several dummy sites being used to peddle the Android.Opfake malware, which is being disguised as games such as Temple Run and Cut the Rope.
18 May 2012
China mobile phone maker ZTE admitted that one of its mobile phone models sold in the US contains a backdoor that could enable someone to take control of the device.
18 May 2012
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning healthcare organizations about the security threat posed to patient data and networks by insecure wireless medical devices (MDs) and mobile communication devices.
18 May 2012
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) released a fact sheet this week outlining how merchants can securely accept payments using mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets.
17 May 2012
Mobile Spy is covert spyware designed to allow parents to monitor their children’s smartphones, employers to catch time-wasters, and partners to detect cheating spouses. But vulnerabilities mean the covertly spied-upon can become the covert spy.
17 May 2012
This year’s Hack-in-the-Box Netherlands security conference takes place next week at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam, and will be the first ever week-long HITB event. A new iOS jailbreak is expected.
16 May 2012