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Carrier IQ clears the air on spying allegations

02

Dec

2011

In an interview with AllThingsD today Carrier IQ, the company accused of creating spyware software for mobile carriers, cleared the air and explained in detail what their software does and does not do. Carrier IQ explained the reasons behind the appearance of keystroke logging in their software. Their software is configured to monitor, not log […]

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R2D2 – Forget the jargon, it’s a wiretap

28

Nov

2011

A short time ago in a galaxy very close by, the German Police and their R2D2 Trojan gave us a simple reminder of what modern malware is all about. It’s wiretapping.Technical buzzwords usually leave me more puzzled than enlightened. How many of these terms can you identify: backdoor Trojan with mfc42ul.dll, winsys32.sys key logger, Speex […]

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iPhone spyware can snoop on desktop typing

20

Oct

2011

A team of researchers at Georgia Tech have demonstrated how they were able to spy on what was typed on a regular desktop computer’s keyboard via the accelerometers of a smartphone placed nearby. Normally when security researchers describe spyware on smartphones, they mean malicious code that can be used to snoop on calls, or to […]

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