Posts Tagged ‘Google’
IN THE HEADLINES: DroidDream Turns into Malware Nightmare
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 17, 2011
If you’re one of the millions of Android smart phone users, prepare to have your phone fumigated for malware. Remotely; whether you like it or not. In an unprecedented move, Google is rushing to automatically remove at least 50 apps from Android smart phones after they were discovered to be hiding a dangerous Trojan called [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Worm Is Back
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 24, 2010
With all the focus on nasty malware like banking Trojans in the last year, it’s easy to forget that there are plenty of different types of malicious software lurking on the Internet and waiting to surprise you. This year, the Trojan is the talk of the town in large part because of the apparent ease [...]
Weekly News Roundup for May 6, 2010
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● May 7, 2010
Computer contractor gets five years for $2 Million credit union theft In a stark reminder of the danger of dishonest insiders, a computer technician in Utah was just sentenced to five years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from four credit unions he was working for. The case highlighted the risk every business and [...]
Searching for Bright Spots: A Privacy Microscope on 2010
Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● December 21, 2009
The easiest thing to do in scoping out the electronic privacy landscape for 2010 would be to decry the incredible alignment of factors guaranteeing that next year has little hope of serving some sort of turning point compared to what we’ve seen of late. But rather than merely highlighting the fact that according to PrivacyRightsClearinghouse’s [...]
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