For better or worse, IE10 is one of those Windows 8 apps with a split personality–part Metro and part desktop. Microsoft dubs it a “Metro style enabled desktop browser,” which means that technically it’s a single app that offers two different “experiences.” via IE10 in Windows 8: Metro style vs. desktop style Continue reading
With 6 billion global mobile subscribers and over 35 billion apps downloaded to those devices, one begins to wonder how secure this situation is for businesses. In fact it’s not. via What Apple and Google are not Telling you About Mobile Device Security (infographic) – Forbes.
Carrier IQ a secret app on Android, Blackberry and Nokia phones .. . It automatically and without question sends your unencrypted text messages, what buttons you press, what phone numbers you call (or even press!), encrypted information if you use your browser including but not limited usernames and passwords.
IE [Internet Explorer] Flaw Could Allow Hackers Access to your Facebook, Gmail, Twitter Accounts - A security researcher discovered a ‘cookiejacking’ flaw in all IE versions that could allow an attacker to steal your session cookies and then log onto your password-protected sites such as Gmail, Facebook or Twitter.
Microsoft claims even though Valotta said it was easy to do there is little risk a hacker could succeed in a cookie jacking scam like that and the issue is not one the company calls a high risk.
Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive personal information.
