Phone makers add 'kill switch' to curb data theft  

Phone makers add 'kill switch' to curb data theft

In Messaging - By Danielle Walker, 19 June 2013 12:31 PM
Would enable remote disabling of phones.
BBC laptop losses near half a million dollars 

BBC laptop losses near half a million dollars

In Applications - By SC Staff, 12 April 2013 3:17 PM
195 laptops lost last year.
Devil targets banks in Google Play store 

Devil targets banks in Google Play store

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 7 March 2013 12:48 PM
Legit developer accounts sold to malware writer.
Android SMS botnet found on mobile networks 

Android SMS botnet found on mobile networks

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 20 December 2012 8:20 AM
Botnet spread via malicious game install.
Telstra users safe from Twitter SMS flaw 

Telstra users safe from Twitter SMS flaw

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, Dan Kaplan, 5 December 2012 9:19 AM
Others should use PIN protection.
Industry groups issue web, mobile messaging best practices  

Industry groups issue web, mobile messaging best practices

In Risk - By Danielle Walker, 29 October 2012 7:52 AM
Mobile, malware and phishing covered.
Flaws allow 3G devices to be tracked  

Flaws allow 3G devices to be tracked

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 9 October 2012 10:57 AM
Devices trackable over any 3G network.
Veracode buys app scanning company 

Veracode buys app scanning company

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 8 October 2012 9:49 AM
Veracode moves into mobile app security.
Android phones open to remote wipe vulnerability 

Android phones open to remote wipe vulnerability

In Applications - By Juha Saarinen, 26 September 2012 9:21 AM
Vendors slow to patch issue.
App publisher not FBI leaked Apple UDIDs 

App publisher not FBI leaked Apple UDIDs

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 12 September 2012 7:59 AM
Researcher tips off victim.
Apple patent kills wireless, video and camera functions 

Apple patent kills wireless, video and camera functions

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 5 September 2012 11:03 AM
Remote censor technology aimed at private business, academia, and government.
Phishing emails targeting BlackBerry, iPhone users  

Phishing emails targeting BlackBerry, iPhone users

In Messaging - By Danielle Walker, 27 August 2012 9:32 AM
Delivers backdoor.
Black Hat's guide to what's hot at the con 

Black Hat's guide to what's hot at the con

In Applications - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 13 July 2012 12:55 PM
More than 500 talks culled to 80.
Researchers question Android spam botnet 

Researchers question Android spam botnet

In Applications - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 9 July 2012 10:11 AM
More proof needed.
Prototype rootkit silently modifies Android apps 

Prototype rootkit silently modifies Android apps

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 4 July 2012 10:43 AM
Installed web browser replaced with keylogger doppelganger.
Telstra halts mobile tracking 

Telstra halts mobile tracking

In Networks - By James Hutchinson, 27 June 2012 12:33 PM
Privacy Commissioner mulls investigation.
Telstra says it's not spying on users 

Telstra says it's not spying on users

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 21 June 2012 8:37 PM
Odd logs set alarm bells ringing.
British police extract data from suspect phones 

British police extract data from suspect phones

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 21 May 2012 12:40 PM
Call history, texts and contacts pulled from prisoners.
DIY mobile phone tracking using open source 

DIY mobile phone tracking using open source

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 21 February 2012 1:35 PM
Researchers locate target without help from phone carriers.
Bug means iPhone thieves get iMessages, too 

Bug means iPhone thieves get iMessages, too

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 6 February 2012 12:18 PM
iMessages relayed to strangers' iPhones.
iOS MDM FTW! 

iOS MDM FTW!

In Messaging - By Neal Wise, 29 November 2011 12:31 PM
Mobile device management can protect you from yourself.
Twitter buys Marlinspike's Whisper Systems 

Twitter buys Marlinspike's Whisper Systems

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 29 November 2011 7:41 AM
RedPhone goes silent, for now.
DroidKungFu clan numbers five 

DroidKungFu clan numbers five

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 7 November 2011 12:00 AM
Sneaks past security apps.
How bad is mobile malware? 

How bad is mobile malware?

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 1 November 2011 3:47 PM
Beware of greynets.
SpyEye mobile cousin coming to Android 

SpyEye mobile cousin coming to Android

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 October 2011 8:23 AM
That's not Opera.
Trial looms for NSW jail phone jammers 

Trial looms for NSW jail phone jammers

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 25 October 2011 4:00 PM
Tenders to be released pending ACMA approval.
BBX BlackBerry Server brings security ruckus 

BBX BlackBerry Server brings security ruckus

In Applications - By Mary Branscombe, 20 October 2011 9:07 AM
Won't kill consumer apps.
HTC user data exposed to web apps 

HTC user data exposed to web apps

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 October 2011 10:57 AM
HTCLoggers.apk binded to TCP.
Mobile malware up 273%, vendor says 

Mobile malware up 273%, vendor says

In Applications - By SC Staff, 14 September 2011 3:50 AM
New strain detected on average every 12 seconds.
Droid spyware answers phone calls 

Droid spyware answers phone calls

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 August 2011 11:56 AM
Ain't no secretary.
Taliban phones hacked, calls in tech support 

Taliban phones hacked, calls in tech support

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 21 July 2011 12:09 AM
Reports of Mullah Omar death were fake.
Report finds credit cards, pins, on phones 

Report finds credit cards, pins, on phones

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 26 May 2011 9:50 AM
Device security increased after data loss.
Old Cisco flaw found in two-thirds of devices: report 

Old Cisco flaw found in two-thirds of devices: report

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 24 May 2011 9:53 AM
But the next four vulnerabilities are found in less than a quarter of devices.
Android identity hole fixed 

Android identity hole fixed

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 20 May 2011 3:20 AM
Android users are set to receive an automatic patch for an authentication hole discovered in February.
Mobiles to play key role in national cyber defence 

Mobiles to play key role in national cyber defence

In Web/client - By Stewart Mitchell, 4 April 2011 2:39 PM
Course set up to produce "thousands of experts" required for cyber defence
Anti-Theft detection for mobiles not likely to emerge soon  

Anti-Theft detection for mobiles not likely to emerge soon

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 27 September 2010 12:43 PM
Intel points out storage shortfall.
Howard Schmidt: mobile devices next attack vector 

Howard Schmidt: mobile devices next attack vector

In Web/client - By Nate Cochrane, 3 December 2009 2:28 PM
Ashley Towns' iPhone hack was the "tip of the iceberg", says cybersecurity expert.
Ransomware attacks target Symbian mobiles 

Ransomware attacks target Symbian mobiles

In Networks - By Shaun Nichols, 6 March 2008 10:10 AM
Researchers have discovered malware which holds mobile phone data to ransom..
Rare worm hits Symbian mobiles, Windows PCs 

Rare worm hits Symbian mobiles, Windows PCs

By Frank Washkuch, 31 August 2006 8:00 PM
An anti-virus firm warned mobile device users of a new crossover worm this week.
Virus promises full Fontal attack on mobiles 

Virus promises full Fontal attack on mobiles

By David Quainton, 7 April 2005 1:52 PM
The first truly destructive mobile phone virus has been discovered by anti-virus researchers.
Virus worms its way around mobiles 

Virus worms its way around mobiles

By David Quainton, 12 January 2005 10:58 AM
The first mobile phone virus to infect multiple files could point the way to the future of mobile viruses, experts claim. Lasco.A, discovered this week, inserts itself into any ...
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