Security News

Does your mobile carrier track you online? (Help Net Security)
2015-08-18 11:40

At least nine mobile carriers around the world are using "supercookies" to track users' web browsing, a study by human rights organization Access has shown. Supercookies are special tracking header...

Scammers exploit mobile ads for easy profit (Help Net Security)
2015-08-12 09:04

Pop-up ads targeting mobile device users are, arguably, one of the most annoying things in existence. But did you know that they could also make you inadvertently spend small amounts of money for effe...

Looks like mobile device security is on nobody's mind (Help Net Security)
2015-08-12 07:18

Despite recent high-profile data theft attacks, much of the American workforce has not taken action to protect information on their personal and corporate-issued devices. Citrix found that the majorit...

Researchers Unveil Square Reader Mobile POS Hacks (Threatpost)
2015-08-10 17:19

At Black Hat, two recent Boston University computer engineering graduates revealed software and hardware hacks against the latest versions of the popular Square Reader.