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.
“Twitter has temporarily disabled one of the features on its website after a security researcher warned of a programming flaw that left the login credentials of its users vulnerable to hackers.” Continue reading
