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U.S. senator demands suspension of phone-tracking system

Responding to privacy concerns, two U.S. malls postpone rollout of Point Intelligence technology that tracks shoppers' movement through their phones

Nov 28, 2011 8 mins

Cloud Security Data Management Technology Industry

Twitter scoops up mobile security developer Whisper Systems

Software from Whisper Systems offers full disk encryption and other security software for Android phones

Nov 28, 2011 3 mins

Security Technology Industry Twitter

Hackers target IPv6

Enterprises need to be aware of hidden IPv6 vulnerabilities now even if they are delaying implementation

Nov 28, 2011 7 mins

Network Security Technology Industry

Unpatched Apache reverse proxy flaw allows access to internal network

Security researcher reveals how to bypass older patch for an Apache reverse proxy vulnerability

Nov 28, 2011 3 mins

Application Security Open Source Patch Management Software

Google protects its current HTTPS traffic against future attacks

HTTPS-enabled Google services now implement a special encryption technique to mitigate future key recovery attacks

Nov 23, 2011 2 mins

Data and Information Security Encryption Technology Industry

Stop using these 25 passwords today

Organizations need to steer users away from common, weak passwords, including such standbys as '123456' and seemingly random names

Nov 22, 2011 3 mins

Authentication Endpoint Protection

EFF proposes new method to strengthen Public Key Infrastructure

'Sovereign Keys' specification is designed to provide an additional layer of security between domain names and their certificates

Nov 22, 2011 5 mins

Access Control Encryption Technology Industry

AT&T reports attempted customer data hack

Of AT&T's 100 million wireless customers, less than 1 percent were affected

Nov 21, 2011 2 mins

AT&T Hacking Technology Industry

Security experts concerned about Google’s attitude toward Android malware

Google's open-source programs manager claimed that there is no virus problem on the Android platform

Nov 21, 2011 5 mins

Malware Technology Industry

McAfee: Android is now sole target of new mobile malware

All new malware being written for mobile devices targets Android, according to a McAfee report on malware trends

Nov 21, 2011 3 mins