New Twitter worm redirects to Fake AV - Securelist
A new Twitter worm is spreading fast, using the “goo.gl” URL shortening service to distribute malicious links.
Android handset used for USB hack attack | THINQ.co.uk
Two researchers have discovered a way of compromising pretty much any computer using nothing more nefarious than an Android handset and a USB cable.
Looks like the first half of 2011 will be pretty busy. Here are the events that have been confirmed so far:
Researchers’ Android Trojan Can “Hear” Credit Card Numbers - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes
Smartphones running Android try to prevent the sort of viruses and Trojans that plague PCs by carefully walling off which of the phones’ features and data applications can access. But one team of researchers has demonstrated that a clever piece of malware can listen through the walls–literally.
Random thoughts on software development, information security, life, and any kind of (un)interesting things.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Daily links for 01/20/2011
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