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Trade Fair… For Trojans

09

Dec

2011

Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and eavesdropping is used by online criminals. The same techniques are also used by governments. Some government do this to spy on their own people or to find dissidents. Other governments do this while investigating criminal suspects.Most of the technology used in such intrusions are not developed by the governments themselves. They […]

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Android permissions glitch allows eavesdropping, data theft

02

Dec

2011

Researchers have found multiple holes in Android phones’ permissions-based security that would allow a hacker to snatch data, monitor geolocation, send SMS messages, and even eavesdrop on conversations. A group of security researchers from North Carolina State University found the glitches in eight handsets from HTC, Motorola, Samsung and Google. The researchers found “explicit capability […]

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Sony suffers another security scare – 93,000 user accounts broken into

12

Oct

2011

Hackers successfully broke into 93,000 accounts at Sony over the last few days, once again impacting users of the Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network (PSN) and Sony Online Entertainment services. According to a blog post by Philip Reitinger, Sony’s Chief Information Security Officer, credit card details were not compromised. As a precautionary step, Sony has […]

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