Dropping the iPhone NDA is good for security

Last week Apple lifted their NDA on iPhone developers, freeing them to discuss amongst themselves how to properly build applications. This decision is a “good thing” for not just applications but also application security on the iPhone. The iPhone NDA was antithetical to how developers work. Developers learn from code snippets and design patterns. [...]

Spam ‘Delivery Verification’ Gets Nastier

The spam attached to a ‘delivery failure notice’ last month has reappeared. Now dropping its ‘delivery failure notice’ cover, the second coming of this spam is no less dangerous, and in fact more bundled with bonus malware. See screenshot below:

Though this spam comes with the same subject, same attachment file name, and same [...]

A New YouTube Malware Tool

A new hacking tool circulating in the Internet now allows malicious users to create fake YouTube pages designed to deliver malware. The said tool, detected by Trend Micro as HKTL_FAKEYOUT, features a user-friendly console in Spanish that a hacker may use to create a pair of Web pages that look eerily identical to legitimate [...]

iPhone hits another security speedbump

Apple’s ongoing struggles with poor security-related design choices have extended to the iPhone.  According to security researcher Aviv Raff, everyone’s favorite mobile device is vulnerable to two separate security weaknesses that expose millions of users to phishing and spamming attacks.

[ SEE: Apple hasn’t learned from past security mistakes ] Raff, a bug finder who [...]

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