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Submission + - Hacking Team's Smartphone Tools Give Governments Total Control Over Your Mobile (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Leaked documents show the powerful tools which Italian company Hacking Team offers to governments and law enforcement agencies around the world to track targets using their smartphones. The software is able to take full control of your phone allow agents to remotely access a phone's microphone, camera, keyboard and even services like Facebook, WhatsApp and Skype. Hacking Team's Remote Control tool can even jailbreak iPhones and iPads before installing the malware.

Submission + - Malware Posing as Official Google Play Store Found in....Google Play Store (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Mobile malware on Android is nothing new, but now security company FireEye has discovered in the Google Play store a sophisticated piece of malware which is posing as....the official Google Play store. Using the same icon but a different name, the malware is not being detected by the vast majority of security vendors, is difficult to uninstall and steals your messages, security certificates and banking details.

Submission + - Cybercriminals Will Leverage Chatbot Technology Used to 'Pass' Turing Test (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Reports that the Turing Test had been passed have been widely debunked, but the evolution of the chatbot does give the security industry something to worry about. More powerful automated programs like the one used in the recent Turing Test could be used to create more convincing scams which are already prevalent on platforms like Skype and Facebook where users ares tricked into downloading malware by automated bots which pretend to be one of the victims' friends or technical support.

Submission + - FBI Sat Back as its Informant Sabu Helped Hack Stratfor (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: The conventional wisdom was that Jeremy Hammond hacked into Stratfor and was then caught by the FBI. The real story seems to be a little different. Newly discovered chat logs show that the FBI informant Hector Monsegur (Sabu) was actually the person who fed the security vulnerability to Hammond and that despite knowing the attack was going to take place, the FBI sat back and did nothing.

Submission + - Scientists Prove Book on Life and Death in Harvard Library is Bound in Human Ski (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Harvard scientists have proven beyond a doubt that a book which is a meditation on life and the soul after death was bound in the human skin of an unclaimed woman who died of a stroke in the 1880s. The book, Des destinées de lame (Destinies of the Soul) by French novelist and poet Arsène Houssaye, has been sitting in the Houghton Library in Harvard for the last 80 years, but has only now been proven to be bound in human skin.

Submission + - First File-Encrypting, TOR-Enabled, Android Ransomware Discovered (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Security firm Eset has discovered a piece of mobile ransomware which is the first to encrypt files on an Android smartphones and using the Tor network to avoid detection. Identified as Simplocker, the malware is targeting Russian and eastern Europe initially but could soon spread it if proves profitable.

Submission + - iCloud Security Breach Not Responsible for iPhones Being Held for Ransom (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Apple has confirmed that it was not a breach of its iCloud system which led to iPhone and iPad users predominantly in Australia reporting that their devices had been remotely locked by a hacker demanding a ransom to release the devices again. If Apple is to be believed, it is likely the attacker is using credentials exposed in another breach (such as high profile ones like eBay and Target) but which use the same username/password combination as the victims' Apple ID.

Submission + - iPhone and iPad Users Held to Ransom by Hacker in Australia (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Multiple iPhone/iPad/Mac users in Australia are reporting their devices being remotely locked and a ransom demand being made to get them unlocked again. However unlike PC ransomware, the vector of attack here seems to be Apple's iCloud service with the attacker getting to a database of username/password credentials associated with the accounts. It is unclear if the database was one of Apple's or the hacker is simply using the fact that people reuse the same password for multiple accounts and is using data stolen from another source. Apple is yet to respond, but there has already been one report of the issue affecting a user in the UK.

Submission + - Broadband on the Moon Means Watching Game of Thrones Live in Outer Space (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory will next month detail how, for the first time, they have created a data communication technology which can provide space dwellers with the connectivity we all enjoy here on Earth, enabling large data transfers and even high-definition video streaming.

Submission + - Researchers Show Native iOS Apps Running On Nexus 7 Android Tablet (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Choosing between iOS and Android is a tough choice for many people as many want access to the bigger Apple app library but also want the bigger choice offered by Android hardware. Researchers at Columbia University have shown that the best of both worlds could soon be on offer, with their Cider system running native iOS apps on a Nexus 7 tablet. While the system is incomplete it does show it is possible.

Submission + - Virgin Galactic May Not Break Karman Line and Bring Passengers Into Space (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: According to the customer contract those signing up for a $240,000 flight on Virgin Galactic's spaceship the company will bring you "at least 50 miles" above sea level. The problem is that the internationally accepted boundary for outer space is 62 miles above sea level — known as the Karman Line. Virgin is trying to get around the issue by claiming it is using a definition of space used by Nasa — in the 1960s.

Submission + - 300,000 Servers Remain Vulnerable to Heartbleed Bug After One Month (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: The Heartbleed Bug cause widespread panic from internet users around the world worried their sensitive information was being targeted. While system administrators were warned to patch their systems, one month on and a security researcher has discovered that 300,000 servers remain vulnerable to the heartbleed flaw.

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