New Symbian-based mobile worm circulating in the wild

F-Secure and Fortinet are investigating a newly discovered mobile malware identified as SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm or “Sexy View”. The malware is affecting S60 3rd Edition series devices, and has a valid certificate signed by Symbian tricking the mobile device user into thinking it’s a legitimate application. In terms of propagation, “Sexy View” propagates by collecting all [...]

Monitor Botnet Threats Your Antivirus Can’t See

While traditional security software typically only inspects incoming communication and downloads for malware, a free security tool. BotHunter instead correlates the two-way communication between vulnerable computers and hackers. BotHunter “flips the security paradigm” by focusing on the egress, says Phillip Porras, a computer security expert at SRI International and one of its creators.

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Facebook Terms of Service Cause a Stir

Facebook reverts back to its old Terms of Service (TOS) after causing quite an online ruckus when it decided to update its TOS a few weeks ago. Interesting lines in the new TOS that enraged users included:

You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to [...]