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As a response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) stated that they couldn’t give out too much information on the matter of Carrier IQ since it may interfere with one of their ongoing investigations. In a recent interview given to The Verge, C... |
13 December 2011
05:35 GMT |
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Apple has responded officially to claims of collecting data via Carrier IQ, a diagnostics tools embedded in iOS 5 and previous versions of the mobile operating system, stating that any data sent back with the user’s consent did not include any personal information.In a statement provided to the WSJ-owned All Th... |
2 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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Renowned iPhone hacker Chpwn is spreading the word that Apple’s iOS contains references to Carrier IQ as far back as iOS 3.1.3.He has confirmed on Twitter and in a blog post that iOS 5 is no stranger to the infamous “rootkit” or “keylogger” which is also found on Android, Symbian, BlackB... |
1 December 2011
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Host Based Security Systems discovered a virus two weeks ago in the cockpit of a few U.S drones stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada , which are normally used for missions all around the world.
According to Wired, the keylogger seems to have infected Predator and Reaper drones and by silently operating in ... |
8 October 2011
04:16 GMT |
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A more aggressive version of the 2009 Win32.Induc.A has been seen in the wild and, unlike its predecessor, this one's set out to take over all your executable files, spreading malware and opening gateways on the computers it infects.
The new virus is called Win32.Induc.P and Malware City calls it “the m... |
17 September 2011
03:45 GMT |
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Samsung has investigated claims that at least two of its laptop models were shipped preloaded with a keylogger and dismissed the incident as the result of an antivirus false positive detection.NetSec Consulting Corp founder Mohamed Hassan reported yesterday that two laptop models from Smasung, namely R525 and R540, c... |
31 March 2011
06:45 GMT |
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have come across a keygen for the company's products which has two information stealing trojans bundled with it.The keygen was recently spotted on file sharing websites and promises to generate serial keys for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and... |
14 January 2011
13:38 GMT |
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A 23-years hacker received a suspended prison sentence this week in UK after impersonating a student to access university computers and infect them with malware.Daniel Woo, a Bulgarian national living in Hans Crescent, South West London, was caught and arrested on November 1, 2006 as he was tampering with computers a... |
26 November 2010
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Security researchers warn that cyber criminals are exploiting the news that jailbroking iPhones is now legal in the United States. Rogue spam emails are trying to pass an information stealing trojan as an iPhone unlocking software.Earlier this week U.S. federal regulators have ruled that iPhone jailbreaking is consid... |
29 July 2010
03:13 GMT |
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A security researcher rebuts Microsoft and Google's claims that a massive industry-wide phishing operation was responsible for stealing the recently leaked webmail credentials. New arguments point to the discovered lists being the work of keyloggers.A few days ago, Microsoft confirmed the authenticity of a list ... |
8 October 2009
07:58 GMT |
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Slashdot reports that Apple keyboards are vulnerable to hackers' attacks due to the complexity of their inner workings, which include RAM and flash memory. According to the report, the hack can potentially place keyloggers and malware directly into the device's firmware. To make matters even worse, the auth... |
3 August 2009
08:49 GMT |
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Everybody is afraid of keyloggers like they were the ultimate privacy invading monsters. But what about willingly installing a keylogger on your computer, just to see what everyone else is doing. Or just to have proof that something fishy is going on and it is not you. How about installing a keylogger on your kid... |
21 February 2009
09:01 GMT |
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ProteMac, the company responsible for the network traffic logger – ProteMac Meter, has introduced a new product called ProteMac KeyBag. The application is intended for interception and recording of everything that is entered from the keyboard on your Mac. ProteMac claims its new product works in hidden mode, be... |
15 December 2008
08:28 GMT |
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CyberSpy Software, LLC, has been allowed to resume sales of their RemoteSpy product after the judge decided to dissolve the preliminary injunction, originally requested by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The company argued in court that its license agreement prohibited the use of the software for illegal purposes... |
9 December 2008
10:33 GMT |
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Two Swiss researchers have demonstrated, in James Bond-like experiments, that sniffing the keystrokes from a wired keyboard is possible by capturing the electromagnetic radiations that are emitted when the keys are pressed. The researchers devised four methods of attack, one of which successfully decodes the pressed ... |
21 October 2008
05:41 GMT |
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A new spear phishing scam is currently in progress as lots of companies have received fake emails apparently sent by the US Tax Court that ask recipients to click on a link included in the message body. Security company McAfee has also received an email of this kind. According to Kevin McGhee, such attacks are usuall... |
23 May 2008
02:43 GMT |
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A Swiss vulnerability testing laboratory, Dreamlab Technologies, developed a method of intercepting the keystrokes coming from a wireless Microsoft keyboard. Microsoft's product is using the 27 MHz radio spectrum for computer communication, and the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000/2000 keyboard is no exce... |
5 December 2007
05:10 GMT |
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I must admit I wasn't sure that this is something to write about because I never agreed with spyware applications, keyloggers or other programs used to monitor a user's computer. Because we're talking about privacy and since a user accesses his personal system, you don't have the right to read his... |
6 November 2007
09:03 GMT |
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Keyloggers are dangerous tools that hackers use to steal data. They can get your account and passwords and anything else they like. Keyloggers simply record everything that you type and give the hacker access to a text file containing the stored key strokes. As you can see, they can be pretty dangerous. So why not st... |
10 September 2007
09:59 GMT |
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