Lawmaker asks FTC to investigate Carrier IQ

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• Lawmaker asks FTC to investigate Carrier IQ
• Carrier IQ, HTC, Samsung hit with class-action lawsuits
• Consumer Watchdog calls for investigation of Carrier IQ, carriers
• Security roundup for week ending Dec. 2: Carrier IQ stink, SCADA troubles
• Carrier IQ's own marketing claims undercut its defense
• Committee approves cybersharing bill despite privacy concerns
• Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control

Lawmaker asks FTC to investigate Carrier IQ Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:53 AM PST The outcry over Carrier IQ's mobile-phone tracking software continued Friday, with a U.S. congressman asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the company.

Carrier IQ, HTC, Samsung hit with class-action lawsuits Posted: 01 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST In what could be a precursor of legal action to come, mobile software vendor Carrier IQ has been hit with two lawsuits over the use of its controversial tracking technology in tens of millions of mobile phones worldwide.

Consumer Watchdog calls for investigation of Carrier IQ, carriers Posted: 01 Dec 2011 10:50 PM PST Consumer Watchdog has called for a U.S. government investigation of Carrier IQ, the maker of tracking software for mobile phones, and its users.

Security roundup for week ending Dec. 2: Carrier IQ stink, SCADA troubles Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST If a cyberattack from a hostile foreign source ever hit a public electric or water utility, affecting its industrial control systems, causing America's critical infrastructures to fail, would we understand that had even happened? We have more doubts than ever, after every twist and turn in the saga that began with the Nov. 10 "Public Water District Cyber Intrusion" report from the Illinois Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center (STIC) that set off a media firestorm after the report was leaked to the media.

Carrier IQ's own marketing claims undercut its defense Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:27 PM PST An increasingly besieged Carrier IQ (CIQ) yesterday insisted that its software is designed only to help wireless carriers diagnose operational problems on networks and mobile devices. But its own marketing material for one of the products raises doubts about that claim.

Committee approves cybersharing bill despite privacy concerns Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:16 PM PST The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has approved a recently introduced bill that would allow greater cyberthreat information sharing between U.S. intelligence agencies and private companies even though privacy advocates say it would allow those agencies to spy on U.S. residents.

Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:14 PM PST IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerization and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012 and the coming years.

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