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Lookout partners with Deutsche Telekom for mobile security

Ben Kersey, Apr 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Malware has increasingly become a problem on Android, but anti-virus and security companies have risen to the occasion and developed apps that should help you tackle any nasties in the wild. Lookout is one such company, and Deutsche Telekom has signed a deal that would see its Android phones bundled with the Mobile Security app. Read The Full Story

Apple Data Center goal is 100% Green

Chris Burns, Apr 20th 2012 Discuss [2]

This week the folks responsible for Apple's building construction efforts have broken ground on a new location in Prineville, Oregon where they've promised a "100% Renewable Energy" data center. This data center would help contain such data as iCloud backups like its soon to be partner facility in Maiden, North Carolina. This center promises to be "even more" environmentally friendly than the center that already exists in Maiden, this new facility out-doing the Maiden's giant solar power array which accounts for 60 percent of the center's power requirements. Read The Full Story

Flashback Trojan infection down, but more Mac malware on the way

Rue Liu, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [5]

The number of Macs infected by the Flashback, or Flashfake, Trojan has gone down since the initial estimate of 650,000, but more malware targeting Mac users are on their way, says security researchers at Kaspersky Labs, who recently identified other SabPub variants that can be used for targeted attacks of Mac users. It appears the myth that Macs are invincible to viruses has now officially been busted. Read The Full Story

Anonymous supplants Pastebin with AnonPaste

Ben Kersey, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

A hack a day keeps the government at bay? Maybe, maybe not. When Anonymous does crawl out from behind the curtains of the internet, they like to dump their prizes and valuable information to Pastebin. Naturally, Pastebin didn’t take too kindly to its service being used that way, and pledged to delete posts which it considered to be abusing the service. Not only that, Pastebin has been blocked in several countries. What’s an Anonymous to do? Simple! Create your own service. Read The Full Story

Web inventor Berners-Lee shoots down CISPA

Chris Burns, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [1]

This week the inventor of the internet Tim Berners-Lee spoke on several subjects involving data sharing on the web - perhaps most important of all on CISPA, a bill currently up for review in Washington. We've spoken about CISPA before - also known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, and have gotten some positive and very negative feedback on it from you, the readers, and groups like Facebook - who say it's great. Berners-Lee, generally considered an expert on how the web works since he invented it, after all, is worried about the bill's implications. Read The Full Story

Google faces FTC fine for Safari tracking

Rue Liu, Apr 17th 2012 Discuss [2]

Google will reportedly be hit with a regulatory fine for bypassing Safari users' privacy settings. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will soon conclude its investigations and is expected to issue a fine within the next 30 days. The fine could be far greater than the $25,000 that Google was recently slapped with by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for privacy issues involving its Street View car. Read The Full Story

Google Street View car case closed with FCC $25,000 fine

Chris Burns, Apr 14th 2012 Discuss [23]

Way back in the year 2010 Google was accused and essentially found guilty of (perhaps accidentally) using their Google Maps street mapping cars to collect personal information from Wi-fi networks. As they drove through your neighborhood, they collected all the data there was to be had floating around the area - or so that's what the situation seemed to be when Google explained that they were "mortified by what happened" when the news broke. Now the FCC is fining Google saying that they had "deliberately impeded and delayed" an investigation into this situation - this fine totaling $25,000 this month. Read The Full Story

CISPA brings Reddit’s SOPA warriors in force

Chris Burns, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [8]

In a relatively new bill being called “worse that SOPA,” sponsored by congress member Mike Rogers, 28 corporate sponsors are bringing back the circumvention of basic Internet privacy laws in force. This bill can be found in PDF form here: [H.R. 3523] and includes a whole lot more sponsors than SOPA or its close relative PIPA had in the end before total destruction. This bill contains extremely vague wording which allows “extreme measures” to be inflicted upon sites from The Pirate Bay all the way up to the New York Times – if Homeland Security wants to shut a site like these down or asks for data regarding you or yours as you work with these sites, this bill says you must comply.

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Boeing plans a super-secure Android smartphone

Rue Liu, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [14]

Boeing is planning to release its own Android smartphone later this year, according to a report by the National Defense Magazine. However, the aerospace and defense industry giant isn't exactly expanding into the consumer mobile phone business with this move as the custom Android "Boeing Phone" is designed to be especially secure for government and military use. Read The Full Story

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