Mobile 2011
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- Fake Antivirus Scams Targeting Android Users
- 2011: When mobile tech came home
- Kid racks up $500 bill with iPhone app
- GSM phones vulnerable to hijack scams: expert
- Pentagon officials allowed to use Android
- Any GSM phone vulnerable to new scam: researcher
- NPD: Smartphone photography surging
- The 10 biggest stories of 2011 in mobile tech
- Mobiles forced to send premium-rate texts in new attack
- Android Trojan Spreads Message of Revolution
- Pakistan’s Taliban Launches Jihad Against Sexting
- 35 Million Phones Sold in 2011 Can Make Mobile Payments
- How to spot fake Android apps
- Tech Insight: Managing Mobile Mayhem
- Mobile Carriers Claim Consumer Consent to Carrier IQ Spying
- RIM provides instructions for removing Carrier IQ from BlackBerrys
- Old Smartphones Leave Tons Of Data For Digital Dumpster Divers
- Google moves to delete 'RuFraud' scam Android apps
- Mobile pickpocketing and botnets will rise
- Malicious Android apps double in six months
- Carrier IQ Says Bug Can Cause Some SMS to Be Recorded in Coded Form
- Malicious apps infiltrate Google's Android Market
- FOI request turns up Carrier IQ surprise
- Fake Software Claims to Allow Smartphone Snooping, Says Symantec
- Google Wallet Stores Some Payment Card Data In Plain Text
- Indonesia threatens to shut down BlackBerry data services
- Smart way of texting puts you in the picture
- Top 5 Android malware families
- DARPA calls on developers for military app store
- Fingerprints begone: lab finds smudge-free coating for touch screens
- Eight companies hit with lawsuit over Carrier IQ software
- One-on-one with Carrier IQ
- Phone porting used to unlock net banking codes
- Secret patent war: Apple vs. Samsung case kept under seal
- Does your smartphone run Carrier IQ? Find out here
- US Senator demands answers from Carrier IQ
- Aussie hacks Siri to automate home
- Mobile Spyware Raises Ethical, Legal Questions
- Android glitch allows hackers to bug phone calls
- BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps
- New Version of Google Maps Brings Indoor Floor Plans to Your Phone
- Cell-phone tracking mall operator has second thoughts
- Carriers, Manufacturers Called Out for Failing to Update Android Phones
- Most Britons oppose children having mobile phones, poll finds
- Is it legal for your cellphone to track you?
- Debate Erupts Over Android Malware Dangers
- Google Android malware surges 472 per cent
- FreeWays to Recover Your Lost Phone or Laptop
- Mobile users want privacy, do little to protect it
- How does cell phone money laundering work?
- Apple kills code-signing bug that threatened iPhone users
- Malicious app penetrates iTunes store to test security
- Why do malicious Android apps come from China?
- Smartphone scams: Owners warned over malware apps
- Mobile screen-spy software recreates passwords
- Is your smartphone doing dirty work for criminal gangs?
- How innovative is Apple's new voice assistant, Siri?
- iPhone and iOS Forensics
- UK Cops Using Fake Mobile Phone Tower to Intercept Calls, Shut Off Phones
- Spy Smartphone Software Tracks 'Every Move'
- Android malware is stealing your data
- Innovative Attacks will Treat Mobile Phones as Sensors
- Pocket Guide To Securing Mobile Devices
- Skype Security Flaw Potential Terrorist Threat, NYU Professor Says
- Why computer voices are mostly female
- Anonymous proxy for iPhone and iPad
- The Latest Hacking Tool: The Smartphone
- The Three Most Frequently Attacked Mobile Devices
- Mobile phone brain cancer link rejected
- Woman Shocked By $200,000+ Phone Bill
- 'Smishing' scammers may hit cellphones
- Slide Show: Signs That Malware Could Be On Your Mobile Device
- Judge OKs warrantless tracking of suspect's cellphone
- Apple's new 'Find My Friends' app finds wife cheating?
- Fortinet expert warns on mobile malware that encrypts its data streams
- BlackBerry outage traced to RIM switch failure
- Tech Insight: Smartphones The New Lost And Stolen Laptops Of Data Breaches
- How to track a stolen laptop or Android phone
- Five Risks Mobile Devices Bring to Networks
- SpyEye Trojan hijacks mobile SMS security for online fraud
- HTC admits to 'serious' security flaw on smartphones
- Android hole could be used to disable antivirus apps
- Anonymous Twitter alternative developed for rioters
- It's that time of year - when phone clocks go haywire
- 'Massive Security Vulnerability' in HTC Android Phones Claimed
- QR codes used to infect Android users with malware
- Cellphone Carriers Keep Personal Data Up to 7 Years, Report Says
- AT&T Begins Sending Throttling Warnings to Top Data Hogs
- Smartphone users choose convenience over security
- For Hackers, the Next Lock to Pick
- Avoid mobile device geolocation risks
- iPhone app pilots drone aircraft from 4828 kilometres away
- 5 data-stealing apps offered on Android Market
- India cap on text messages to deter tele-marketers
- Android Users: Here's Some Advice to Protect Your Phones
- Warning about cost of rogue apps
- Security duo finds another pair of vulnerabilities in Android
- Crooks push fake anti-virus via Skype calls
- Skype for iPhone makes stealing address books a snap
- Smartphone surveillance makes spies of all citizens
- 5 Essential Mobile Security Tips
- Security firms: Android malware set to skyrocket
- Notorious SpyEye trojan puts Android in crosshairs
- Android bot army grows
- Mobile malware criminal command-and-control activity
- 'Find my car' app can also catch crooks
- Share a kiss with an intimate phone
- US judge: Warrant required to access mobile location data
- Act to safeguard your voicemail
- Juice-Jacking: Watch Where You Charge Your Smartphone
- iPhone app tracks Android-equipped Surrey cops
- Nokia-Siemens Spy Tools Aid Police Torture in Bahrain
- McAfee: Malware surging on mobile platforms, especially Android
- Detective on phone-hacking probe team is arrested
- Skype bug may expose users to malicious code
- Baking Security Into Open WiFi Networks
- Chinese mobile phone monitoring service found
- Mobile charging stations steal data from devices
- Scotland Yard Four cleared - on phone-hacking
- Free FBI iPhone App Could Help Parents Keep Kids Safe
- Android app logs keystrokes using phone movements
- Android malware answers calls, eavesdrops on users
- Industry Tries to Streamline Privacy Policies for Mobile Users
- Security expert finds Android 'bugs'
- Censoring mobiles and the net: how the West is clamping down
- Codebreaker Karsten Nohl: Why Your Phone Is Insecure By Design
- BlackBerry bug puts corporate users at risk
- Researcher shows how easy hack is on some phones
- British call for Blackberry ban
- RIM blackmailed over British riot crackdown
- Mobile Apps Fail to Secure Usernames, Passwords, User Data: Survey
- Visa to speed up migration to mobile wallet
- Hacker to Demonstrate 'Weak' Mobile Internet Security
- Latest Android Malware Records Conversations
- BlackBerry under pressure to hand over riot messages
- Android App Brings Hacking Tool to Novices
- Malicious mobile malware monitors, records calls
- Child finds flaws in mobile games
- Survey Finds Smartphone Apps Store Too Much Personal Data
- Android could allow mobile ad or phishing pop-ups
- First FBI Mobile App Aims to Help Find Missing Kids
- Cyberthugs Love Smartphones and Leaky, Sneaky Mobile Malware
- Eyeball-Scanning iPhone Used by Cops to ID Suspects
- Your mom, girlf, boyf: Spying on your phone and email
- Dual SIM phones: the dirty secret the networks don’t want you to know about
- Study: 19 percent of people drop phones down toilet
- Hi-tech mobile hack spreads rumour of Taliban chief's death
- Many Android Apps Are Leaking Private Information, Researcher Says
- Android malware trends
- Hacking into voicemail is easy, experts say
- Crime doesn't pay? It does if you're a phone crammer
- Vodafone femtocell hack allows call interception on unpatched devices
- Mobile Hacking: How Safe Is Your Smartphone?
- Mobile 'pinging' claim raises legal questions
- Army experiments with off-the-shelf smartphones
- PayPal teaches Androids to swap cash
- Apple pays S.Korean user compensation over iPhone tracking
- Analyzing and dissecting Android applications for security defects and vulnerabilities
- How to Make Your Mobile Phone a Bit Safer
- Mobile Malware: Why Fraudsters Are Two Steps Ahead
- Reports: U.K. paper paid police to 'ping' phones
- Newspaper phone-hacking scandal goes beyond voicemail
- Travelers left 11,000 mobile devices at U.S. airports
- Zbot Targets Android Users
- iPhone and iPad Security: 4 Tips to Stay Safe
- Your Old Smartphone's Data Can Come Back to Haunt You
- Security holes discovered in iPhones, iPads
- Teen sexting: it's illegal, but it's in every high school
- Phone hack scandal shows network weak spots
- Kevin Mitnick shows how easy it is to hack a phone
- Losing Sleep: New ‘GoldDream’ Malware Targets Android
- Banks mull a ban on mobile banking from jailbroken phones
- Voicemail hacking: How easy is it?
- U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Restrict Mobile Location Data Collection
- Researcher Demonstrates HP TouchPad, Smartphone Hack
- Scandal Grows Over Hacking of Girl’s Cell
- U.S. Army Wants Soldiers to have Advanced Smartphones, Wireless Technology
- Apple iPad, iPhone leaker faces up to 30 years behind bars after pleading guilty
- Nortel patents to shape wireless tech future
- Mobile banking apps take off
- New mobiles study doubts cancer risks
- Smartphone app searches other people's photos
- Apple’s Secret Cloud Weapon Is Already Inside Your Phone
- Foursquare hack turns NYC into giant game of Risk
- Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype
- Smartphone security gets better: Blanket bans no longer inevitable
- Encrypted voice calling for the iPhone
- Google: 500,000 Android devices activated each day
- Spammers push cloned apps on Android
- Want to keep Android apps from spying on you?
- NSA wants bulletproof smartphone, tablet security
- The mobile security conundrum
- Find a Lost iPhone: Putting Tracking Apps to the Test
- Potentially major Android WiFi security loophole revealed
- Why Apple wants to censor what you film on your iPhone
- Top 100 apps - the definitive guide
- Microsoft Survey Reveals Extent of Emerging Internet Phone Scam
- Geo-privacy bills aim to curb warrantless tracking
- Cyber criminals reach a frontier of mobile malware
- Free Wi-Fi can cost you while travelling
- Latest Android Malware Takes Flight With Angry Birds
- Encrypted voice calling for Android
- Top 10 PIN Codes Picked by iPhone Users
- 10 Must-Have Mobile Apps and Web Services for a Successful Summer Vacation
- History and future of mobile malware
- Your mobile phone is a serious computer that must be secured
- Forensic data capture and data extraction
- How to improve the smartphone experience inside the enterprise
- Security a top concern for mobile cloud-based applications
- Using clusters to display disaster data on smartphones
- Skype hangs up on users yet again
- Enter The Hacker: New DroidKungFu Malware Is Bad News For Androids
- Android app brings cookie stealing to unwashed masses
- An ingenious way to control a billboard with your iPhone
- Google Removes 26 Apps With DroidDream Light Malware from Android Market
- Android Holds 36% Smartphone Share over iOS: Nielsen
- Personal mobile devices create security headaches for biz
- Federal government loosens its grip on the BlackBerry
- Skype partner update leads to worm fears
- PayPal, EBay Sue Google Over Mobile Payments Secrets
- Banks offer cash transfers via cell number, e-mail address
- Apple’s App Store Surpasses Half-a-Million Apps
- Attackers Step Away From Mainstream, Target Lesser-Known Apps
- Android Threat Set to Trigger On the End of Days, or the Day’s End
- Senators: New smartphone tracking law needed
- Google stamps out possible Android data leak
- Mobile hacking sets off security gold rush
- Phone, slab location data 'is personal' - EU watchdogs
- How to protect your Android on public Wi-Fi
- How to wipe personal data from a smartphone
- 99% of Android phones leak secret account credentials
- Visa Digital Wallet Accelerates Mobile-Payments Race
- Hackers turn Cisco phones into remote bugging devices
- Tips for guarding against mobile malware threats
- Survey: 35 percent use mobile apps before getting out of bed
- How Skype does, and doesn’t, work
- Train firm offers phone-based ticketing across UK
- Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers
- Obama alert system taps into smartphones
- 400% increase in Android malware
- 41% carry unprotected sensitive information on mobile devices
- Apple, Google Take Heat
- Cops on Apps: You Have the Right to Remain Logged On
- Emergency Alert System Expected for Cellphones
- Skype patches 'wormable' Mac bug
- Scream at your phone to recharge it?
- Leaky mobile apps and their ability to track you
- US Army Plans an App Store for War
- Europe Leads in Pushing for Privacy of User
- Smartphone Spying Reality Check
- The 7 Most Hackable Android Smartphones
- Fake AV for mobile platform detected
- Encrypted text messaging for BlackBerry and Android
- Apple to Samsung: Stop Stealing Our Ideas
- Android Skype security issue could expose personal information
- Snooping: It's not a crime, it's a feature
- Developers, not phones, driving mobile banking apps
- Researcher cracks two-factor iPhone authentication
- iPhone or iSpy? Feds, Lawyers Tackle Mobile Privacy
- Smartphone users feel more secure than PC users
- Privacy violations by popular mobile apps under investigation
- Feds probe privacy violations involving smartphone app data
- Android Malware Threat Highlights Risks to All Smartphones
- Daylight saving gremlins hit Vodafone, iPhone users
- German politician reveals six months of private mobile phone data
- More viruses targeting mobile phones
- The smartphone: A real bug in your bed
- Chinese firm accused of mobile malware ruse
- How to wipe personal information off your mobile phone
- Sensitive data easily swiped from eBayed mobiles
- Malicious app found in Android Market
- Most users unaware of smartphone security risks
- Home Depot starts barcode shopping from smartphones
- Open-Source Vulnerabilities Paint A Target On Android
- 260,000 Android users infected with malware
- Android Malware Shows Why Security Risk is the Price of Freedom
- After attacks, Google vows to fortify Android Market
- Hacker kills his own Pwn2Own bug for Android phones
- Viruses next big threat to smart phones
- Developer claims Google slow on malware outbreak
- Android malware attacks show perils of Google openness
- Infected Android app runs up big texting bills
- Newly Discovered Mac OS X, Android Trojans Reflect Cybercriminals' Expanding Targets
- Security shocker: Android apps send private data in clear
- Security to Ward Off Crime on Phones
- Google opens Android front in Zuckerberg data war
- Securing Corporate Data In An Increasingly Mobile World
- How kidnappers, assassins utilize smartphones, Google and Facebook
- Chinese mobile malware powers click-fraud scam
- Unregulated mobile app markets are a godsend to malware developers
- 'We Know Where You Are' Technology
- McAfee: Malware going mobile
- Superphones: A security nightmare waiting to happen
- Smarter security for smartphones
- Researcher To Release Smartphone Botnet Proof-of-Concept Code
- Researchers Create The Text Message of Death
- Mobile phone hacking - can you stop it?
- Android handset used for USB hack attack
- Soundminer Android malware listens, then steals, phone data
- Privacy fears for phone data
- New Hack Turns Cell Phones Into Spying Devices
- Mobiles attract hi-tech thieves
- NetQin unveils version 4.6 Beta of anti-virus application
- McCann spokesman Mitchell tells of phone security fear
- Mobile Security Takes Center Stage with Recent Windows Phone 7 Bug
- Security for smartphones as a service
- Smartphone Hack Highlights More GSM Woes
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How Cell-phone Viruses Work
iPhone the policeman's friend in your pocket
As iPhones continue to grow in popularity, police and law enforcement agencies are developing more and more methods to make use of the mass of information the I phone may inadvertently hold .
In the past police have relied on GSM triangulation and reading the hex dump from the phones memory as their main forensic tool but the I phone holds far more useful information to the investigator.
Many people use the iPhone as a personal diary, address book and organiser as well as a hub for their personal and business communications. A detailed forensic examination can reveal a mass of information that the user would think has long ago been deleted from the memory.
One good example is the keyboard logging cache, which is designed to correct spelling but means that a forensic examination can retrieve anything typed on the keyboard over many months, just think what you have entered through that keypad.
A few other great features for the investigator are
Each time a phone's mapping system is closed down, the device snaps a screenshot of the phone's last position and stores it. The phone saves hundreds of these images unknown to the users but when forensically examined can give a detailed history of the users movements, to add to this if a photo is posted online the attached information shows the serial number and location of the phone that took the image.