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Despite concerns that federal authorities might fine or arrest him, hacker Chris Paget went ahead with a live demonstration of mobile phone interception at the Defcon hacking conference Saturday.
Comments Off Posted by Computerworld VoIP News on Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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Mobile phone users are being encouraged to find out if operators are doing enough to keep their calls secret.
Security researchers have released tools that, they say, make it easy to see what security systems operators use to stop eavesdropping.
The researchers want to expose those operators that...
Comments Off Posted by David Goldstein on Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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Around 80 wallpaper apps designed for use on Google Android devices have been collecting personal information and transmitting it back to third parties, an investigation has found
According to Lookout, a US-based security firm, more than 80 Google Android wallpaper apps were collecting mobile pho...
Comments Off Posted by David Goldstein on Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc’s Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim’s email and text messages.
“It wasn’t difficult to build,” said Ni...
Comments Off Posted by David Goldstein on Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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[news release] The UK’s most comprehensive broadband speeds research reveals that the UK’s average actual fixed-line residential broadband speed has increased by over 25 per cent over the past year from 4.1Mbit/s to 5.2Mbit/s as internet service providers (“ISPs”) increasingly move to ...
Comments Off Posted by David Goldstein on Saturday, July 31st, 2010