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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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BlackBerry outage made roads safer, police claim

17

Oct

2011

According to media reports, police in the United Arab Emirates have given a surprising explanation for a dramatic fall in traffic accidents last week: drivers’ BlackBerrys weren’t working. It’s claimed that last week’s worldwide BlackBerry outage, which frustrated business people around the world who were unable to communicate with their colleagues, had one positive result […]

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New Symantec Research: The Motivations of Recent Android Malware

11

Oct

2011

For years now, we in the cyber security industry have been saying an explosion of mobile malware is just around the corner. Beginning in earnest this year, we have indeed observed a marked increase in threats targeting mobile devices – particularly the Android platform. However, it’s probably not accurate to say the expected explosion has […]

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