As smartphones and tablets become increasingly popular, so do threats that target mobile devices exclusively.
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EA Origin Security Flaw Could Expose Tens of Millions of Players
When it rains, it pours: Electronic Arts, currently grappling with game-breaking SimCity server issues as well as the surprise resignation of CEO John Riccitiello, might have to add “millions of players at risk of being hacked” …
Apple and Other Tech Companies Hacked: Here’s What You Need to Know
Apple, Facebook and Twitter have all fallen victim to the same attack by hackers over the past few weeks. Here’s what you need to know about the recent attacks, and how to stay safe.
PSA: Facebook Links to Whitney Houston Autopsy Video Are Bogus
In news that should shock absolutely nobody, scammers have been trying to cash in on Whitney Houston’s death. One trick: links floating around Facebook purporting to contain a video of Houston’s autopsy that “reveals a shocking …
Google Wallet Suspends Prepaid Cards After Blog Reveals Easy Hack
Fresh off bad news concerning the vulnerability of rooted Android phones, Google Wallet is trying to douse another fire. Last week, blog The Smartphone Champ reportedly found a major flaw in Google Wallet’s prepaid cards — a …
Google Wallet Hack Shows NFC Payments Still Aren’t Secure
You probably won’t see the Wallet Cracker app in the Android Market anytime soon. That’s not because it doesn’t work; it actually works perfectly, which is the problem.
In a video posted by security firm Zvelo, the program …
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The (Fake) Consumer Electronics Show
At its CES booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, SecurityMan has been showing some products that don’t work. I don’t mean that as a criticism. Along with its security products, it had a whole wall of dummy …
Timeline Scams Show Why Facebook Should Be More Upfront with Policies
Facebook should have done more to prevent scammers from taking advantage of people desperate to leave Timeline.
Is Your Cell Phone Listening in on You?
Carrier IQ and other smartphone apps allow for unprecedented surveillance. And it’s all legal.
Read more: http://ideas.time.com
British Secret Service Creates Website to Recruit Self-Taught Hackers
It had to happen; after years of science-fiction stories where heroes are recruited through video games that are actually tests of their abilities, a secret service has gone all Last Starfighter and set up a fake website designed …
The 25 Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords of 2011
Here’s a pro tip: If your password is “password,” it’s probably time to change it.
SplashData, a company that offers a “complete password management and security solution,” culled from data stolen and posted online by …
The Consequences of Apple’s Walled Garden
At the SysCan conference in Taiwan this week, security researcher Charlie Miller will describe a flaw he discovered in the iPhone’s web browser that allows a malicious app installed on the phone to download executable code from …
