Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers

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• Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers
• The rising use of SSL raises new risks
• University professors to magazine publishers: We're not chopped liver
• Symantec says Facebook applications leaked information
• Senator questions Google on Wi-Fi snooping
• Microsoft downplays Server bug threat, say researchers
• Universities that get security right
• Security to take center stage at MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
• Malware writers gunning for Google Android
• Senator: Google, Apple sending mixed signals on tracking
• Juniper: Networks inhibit 'exponential' data center
• HP takes swipes at Cisco on Interop stage

Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers Posted: 11 May 2011 08:29 AM PDT The mobile computing technology explosion has brought out seriously organized, international and profit-driven cybercriminals.

The rising use of SSL raises new risks Posted: 11 May 2011 05:24 AM PDT As more applications employ Secure Sockets Layer encryption, a certain amount of traffic visibility is lost, making it more challenging to vet those bits for viruses, worms, and other malicious payloads.

University professors to magazine publishers: We're not chopped liver Posted: 11 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT Recently I filled out a renewal form for a security publication. I got the following message from the circulation department:

Symantec says Facebook applications leaked information Posted: 10 May 2011 05:13 AM PDT A programming bug on Facebook's website may have accidentally given advertisers and others access to a treasure trove of personal information, according to security researchers at Symantec.

Senator questions Google on Wi-Fi snooping Posted: 10 May 2011 12:32 AM PDT A U.S. senator resurrected year-old questions about Google Street View cars sniffing Wi-Fi networks Tuesday, when he questioned a company representative about a patent application covering a process to pinpoint location based on nearby Wi-Fi signals.

Microsoft downplays Server bug threat, say researchers Posted: 10 May 2011 12:30 AM PDT Microsoft is downplaying the threat posed by one of the three bugs the company patched today, said security researchers.

Universities that get security right Posted: 10 May 2011 12:15 AM PDT Professor Corey Schou was working in his school's library when he realized his computer was picking up a particularly strong Wi-Fi signal.

Security to take center stage at MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Posted: 09 May 2011 11:03 PM PDT Security executives from several large enterprises will take part in a panel discussion on how technology trends such as cloud computing and social networking are affecting security at the 8th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium to be held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., May 18.

Malware writers gunning for Google Android Posted: 09 May 2011 10:31 PM PDT Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms have been the proving ground for mobile malware over the past five years, but a new Juniper Networks report states that Google Android now takes "the crown" as the platform getting the most attention from malware developers.

Senator: Google, Apple sending mixed signals on tracking Posted: 10 May 2011 09:42 AM PDT Senators question Google and Apple about location tracking on their smartphones.

Juniper: Networks inhibit 'exponential' data center Posted: 10 May 2011 06:36 AM PDT Current networks inhibit large-scale data centers, which require new fabric architectures, a Juniper official said during his keynote address at the Interop conference today.

HP takes swipes at Cisco on Interop stage Posted: 09 May 2011 11:35 PM PDT It's not often HP and Cisco share the same stage during a keynote address. But today at Interop that's exactly what they did -- and HP didn't share the stage nicely.

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