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Warning: Fake Biophilla app on Android is malware
Corss-posted from ZDNet: Summary: Cyber criminals have created a fake Biophilla app for Android that is really just malware in disguise. Your first red flag should be that Biophilla is officially available on iOS, but not on Android. During April alone, we’ve already seen malicious versions of Angry Birds Space and Instagram in the wild….
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday closes important XSS holes
h-online: On its September Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released two security updates that are rated as important and which close holes in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) and Systems Management Server 2003 and 2007. Both updates fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web interfaces that allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the…
Live TV on the iPad coming soon
Qualcomm’s mobile broadcast television service called FLO TV existed for about five years under different wireless carrier brand names: Sprint TV, Verizon V Cast TV, and AT&T MediaFLO TV. But the carriers didn’t push it very hard, so it did not break through into the public’s consciousness. But then Qualcomm began advertising FLO TV on…
More Fallout at Digg: 10% of Staff Laid Off
Social news site Digg has just laid off 10% of its staff according to a representative from the company. The move comes a month after Jay Adelson’s sudden departure as CEO, in which he was replaced by company founder Kevin Rose. Rose writes in an e-mail to employees: “This is one of the hardest decisions…
Google Chrome Has 120 Million Users
Google revealed during its Chrome press conference today that its web browser now has 120 million users. That’s 50 million more users than it had less than seven months ago. Chrome is Google’s webkit-based web browser. Launched in September 2008, the browser has gone from zero market share to nearly 10% market share. It’s known…
Spam web sites moving from .cn to .ru
Scum on the run Security blogger Brian Krebs is reporting some good numbers that show spammers are no longer registering their domains in China (.cn) since that country started requiring actual on-paper registrations and business licenses, which precludes anonymous registration. AND their new top-level domain of choice, Russia (.ru), is going to make life for…





