iPhones, iPads, iPod touches safe again

Updated  Apple has patched a critical iOS  vulnerability that allows attackers to install malicious apps on iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches by doing nothing more than luring victims to a booby-trapped website or sending them a tainted email.…

iPhones, iPads, iPod touches safe again

Updated  Apple has patched a critical iOS  vulnerability that allows attackers to install malicious apps on iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches by doing nothing more than luring victims to a booby-trapped website or sending them a tainted email.…

Just add email address

Updated  A bug in Facebook's login system allows attackers to match unknown email addresses with users' first and last names, even when they've configured their accounts to make that information private.…

'Android will replace Windows' claims cocky start-up starter

Update  Downloads of a free anti-virus app for Android devices reached the 2.5 million milestone last week.…

'Android will replace Windows' claims cocky start-up starter

Update  Downloads of a free anti-virus app for Android devices reached the 2.5 million milestone last week.…

'Android will replace Windows' claims cocky start-up starter

Update  Downloads of a free anti-virus app for Android devices reached the 2.5 million milestone last week.…

More details of sophisticated cyber-blag emerge

Analysis  More details have emerged of how security researchers tracked down a Zeus-based botnet that raided more than $1m from 3,000 compromised UK online banking accounts.…

Browser hijack scam runs through rogue traffic broker

Cybercrooks use of botnets to make money by sending spam or launching denial of service attacks has become a well-understood business model.…

Browser hijack scam runs through rogue traffic broker

Cybercrooks use of botnets to make money by sending spam or launching denial of service attacks has become a well-understood business model.…

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Browser hijack scam runs through rogue traffic broker

Cybercrooks use of botnets to make money by sending spam or launching denial of service attacks has become a well-understood business model.…

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Oily residue 'surprisingly persistent'

Smudges left on Android touch screens leave tell-tale signs that can often be used to recover password pattens used to lock the phones, according to research presented earlier this week.…

Balance in the force restored

Microsoft has updated a broad swath of products to fix a potentially serious spoofing vulnerability in the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol that secures email, web transactions and other sensitive internet traffic.…

Oops

Updated  German security firm Avira has admitted it falsely warned that a beta version of an upcoming security package from its Romanian rival was contaminated with a Trojan.…

Oops

Updated  German security firm Avira has admitted it falsely warned that a beta version of an upcoming security package from its Romanian rival was contaminated with a Trojan.…

Oops

Updated  German security firm Avira has admitted it falsely warned that a beta version of an upcoming security package from its Romanian rival was contaminated with a Trojan.…

Premium rate scam will cost Google phoners dear

Updated  The first text message-based Trojan to infect smartphones running Google's Android operating system has been detected in the wild.…

Premium rate scam will cost Google phoners dear

Updated  The first text message-based Trojan to infect smartphones running Google's Android operating system has been detected in the wild.…

Premium rate scam will cost Google phoners dear

Updated  The first text message-based Trojan to infect smartphones running Google's Android operating system has been detected in the wild.…

Cybercrooks scoop cash from thousands of accounts

A banking Trojan attack has led to the fraudulent withdrawal of more than $1m from online banking accounts maintained with a UK bank since the start of July, according to security researchers.…