Expect more of the same next year from cybercriminals as they try their craft on different platforms. But one rule still applies: If you're vulnerable, they'll find you.
With a few thousand dollars and widely available open-source tools, the encryption algorithm used to protect most cell phone communications can be cracked, allowing an attacker to listen in on phone calls, researchers revealed Sunday at a security conference.
One IT pro offers a fictional - but all too legitimate-sounding - account of a CEO losing his unencrypted laptop and the sobering aftermath that can ensue.
For the first time, the U.S. House of Representatives will require its staff and members to take part in an annual IT security training program -- one of the mandates under new policy set to take effect next year.
iBotnet.A attempts to steal online banking credentials and is capable of spreading across a network and hijacking the iPhone and iPod Touch for use in a botnet. However, experts do not perceive the threat to be widespread.
On the heels of what is believed to be the first-ever iPhone worm, hackers now have devised a way to steal data off jailbroken versions of the popular Apple device.
Georgia Tech researchers are hoping to develop a remote repair method that would enable cellular service providers to clean malicious code off an infected mobile device without requiring the device be brought into a service center.
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