QR codes used to infect Android users with malware

QR codes used to infect Android users with malware


QR codes used to infect Android users with malware

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Most people already know what QR codes are: a new type of "barcode" that can be used for a variety of purposes - tracking, ticketing, labeling of products, and many more. They can also be used for ...

Microsoft security solutions say Chrome is malware

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Among the questions and comments on the Google Chrome support forums this morning are several complaints about Microsoft Security Essentials detecting Chrome as a Zbot variant and removing it from the...

Event: SANS London 2011

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:06 AM PDT

The SANS Institute is holding a major security training event in London. Courses offered include: Management 442: Information Security Risk Management. Security 464: Hacker Detection for Syst...

XenServer 6 released

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Citrix Systems released XenServer 6. As a key component of the Citrix cloud computing and virtualisation strategy, XenServer 6 brings new optimizations and improved scalability and performance for cl...

SSL Labs launches two Convergence notaries

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:52 AM PDT

Convergence is Moxie Marlinspike's attempt to introduce fresh thinking into the debate about PKI, certificate authorities, and trust. A hint of what was in the works was in a blog post published in Ap...

Nearly 5 million military health care files stolen

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:10 AM PDT

Sensitive data about nearly 5 million patients has been compromised following the theft of backup tapes from an electronic healthcare app used in the military health system, warns TRICARE, a health ca...

Critical vulnerabilities triple in 2011

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:22 AM PDT

Adoption of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, including the "Bring Your Own Device" approach, which allows personal devices to access the corporate network, is raising ...

Smartphone users choose convenience over security

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:00 PM PDT

In a revealing survey of smartphone and tablet users, the majority polled admit to not password protecting their mobile devices despite keeping them logged in to sensitive online accounts and applicat...

Content protection for Android devices

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:01 PM PDT

Elliptic Technologies expanded its DTCP-IP content protection offering to include support for Android used in a myriad of consumer devices, including DLNA enabled smartphones and tablets. The Ell...

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