Security Veterans Score Funding for New Startup Bluebox

Many people would consider themselves lucky to be a part of one successful start-up company, but for a select group of entrepreneurs, engineers and executives, that’s just the beginning. Such is the case for the team behind new mobile security firm Bluebox, a stealth-mode company that counts SPI...

Root Access Vulnerability on ZTE Android Device

Certain Android devices manufactured by the China-based ZTE Corporation contain a poorly protected setuid shell that can be used to gain root-access to vulnerable devices, according to Lookout Mobile Security. Any attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability will have complete control of...

The Hackers Conference 2012 Call For Papers #THC2012

We are extremely delighted to announce the Call for Papers for The Hackers Conference 2012 It is a unique event, where the elite of the hacker world, leaders in the information security industry and the Internet community meet face to face to join their efforts to cooperate in addressing the most...

Mobile Device Adoption Outpacing Security

Some 63 percent of mobile device users are unsure about whether they trust the security of mobile technologies, according to Juniper Network’s Trusted Mobility Index PDF. That lack of certainty is appropriate considering that 30 percent of IT professionals in the study told Juniper Networks that...

CVE-2012-1139

CVE-2012-1139 is a vulnerability in the FreeType library (before 2.4.9). The issue is an array index/stack read problem in FreeType used by Mozilla Firefox Mobile (and other products) that can cause a denial of service or potentially allow arbitrary code execution when processing BDF fonts. Conne...

Facebook Reassures Users, But Hole May Put Mobile Data at Risk

UPDATED: Facebook Security assured users on Thursday who access their Facebook account via Android or iOS devices that mobile sessions on the social networking site aren’t vulnerable to hacking. However, research published this week suggests otherwise. A blog entry posted by UK-based mobile...

New Android Malware Variant Can Remotely Root Phone

A new version of Android malware has been tweaked so it doesn’t require user interaction for an attacker to own the device, according to research published by Lookout Mobile Security yesterday. An updated variant of the Legacy Native LeNa malware utilizes the GingerBreak exploit to gain root...

DKFBootKit - First Android BootKit Malware

DKFBootKit - First Android BootKit Malware NQ Mobile Security Research Center has recently uncovered a new malware DKFBootKit. This malware is identified when monitoring and analyzing the evolution of earlier DroidKungFu variants. What sets DKFBootKit apart from malware like DroidDream, is that...

Attackers Go After SIM Cards in Bank Fraud Scams

Attackers are using a some new schemes that combine old phishing tactics with some newer techniques in order to steal or disable the SIM cards in victims’ mobile phones and then take them over for use in bank fraud transactions. Mobile phones have become high-value targets for attackers in many...

RSA 2012: Mobile, Cloud, and Intelligent Control

It was good to catch up with our customers and partners at RSA 2012 this week. Much of the buzz this year was around mobile devices and securing the cloud. We were glad to see innovative organizations introducing compliance-validated architectures based on these emerging technologies. One such...

ClubHack Sec Conference 2011 - Hacking your Android

Document Title: =============== ClubHack Sec Conference 2011 - Hacking your Android References: =========== Download: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/videos/459.wmv View: http://www.clubhack.tv/2011/hacking-your-droid-aditya-gupta/ Release Date: ============= 2012-02-27 Vulnerability...

ClubHack Sec Conference 2011 - Hacking your Android

Document Title: =============== ClubHack Sec Conference 2011 - Hacking your Android References: =========== Download: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/videos/459.wmv View: http://www.clubhack.tv/2011/hacking-your-droid-aditya-gupta/ Release Date: ============= 2012-02-27 Vulnerability...

Call for Paper - DEF CON Rajasthan March 2012 Meet

Call for Paper - DEF CON Rajasthan March 2012 Meet DEF CON Rajasthan - March 2012 Jaipur Meet, Call For Papers is now officially Open and will close on March 10, 2012. DEF CON Rajasthan DC91141 is a DEF CON Registered group of people interested in exploring technology and it implications in...

Researchers Dump Trove of 0Days For Popular Android Applications

Researchers in China published a trove of information on previously unknown zero day vulnerabilities in popular applications for Google’s Android mobile operating system on Wednesday, including mobile browsers and at least one mobile wallet application. The vulnerabilities were found in a wide...

Best Free Android Security Software Avast Antivirus

Best Free Android Security Software Avast Antivirus For you who longing for free Android antivirus, this is an exciting THN news for you. Avast, one of the famous antivirus vendors, now has launched Android Antivirus you can use for free! This Antivirus mobile is named Avast Mobile Security. Avas...

Android Application Allows Remote Access – No Permissions Required

Mobile security researchers at the firm Viaforensics say they have created a malicious mobile application that requires the phone user to grant no permissions during installation, but could give remote attackers the ability to install and execute malicious code on mobile devices running the Andro...

Mobile Madness

Admit it. It would scarcely break your heart if the legions of slack-jawed smartphone Facebook and FourSquare gawkers were forced to confront their own digital mortality – however briefly – with a few scary exploits made just for them. In 2011, the untethered among us saw several mobile security...

Twitter Snaps Up Mobile Security Firm WhisperSystems

Micro blogging site Twitter has acquired Whispersystems, a maker of mobile security software, according to a statement posted on the WhisperSystems Web site. The Bay Area startup notified its users of the acquisition in a blog post on Monday, saying that Whisper would be integrating its technolog...

National program for Cyber army to be launched in India

National program for Cyber army to be launched in India Increasing attacks on cyberspace in India has brought several professionals and experts from the Industry, in support with the Government of India to jointly form a national level program to identify credible and valuable information securit...

DEF-CON Chennai 4 (DC602028) Call for Paper [January Meet]

DEF-CON Chennai 4 DC602028 Call for Paper January Meet The DC602028 aka DEF-CON Chennai Group is a group located at Chennai in India. The DC group was created on December 2010 from then DEF-CON Chennai had been the platform for Internet and Mobile security.DEF-CON Chennai is for everyone,we don't...