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FTC: Data About Kids Still Being Shared Without Parents Knowing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently released a survey report entitled Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade (PDF), which aimed to study “the privacy disclosures and practices of apps offered for children in the Google Play …
Searching for “Windows Android Drivers” Leads to Malware and Bogus Google Play Markets
If you’re on the lookout for Android USB drivers for your Windows OS, be very careful. Such strings like “Windows Android Drivers” or combinations of these may bring up results that you would rather stay away from. Our researchers in …
Bieber / Gomez Sextape Spam Shuffles across Twitter
Selena Gomez! I’ve no idea who she is, and she is apparently most well known for being a character I’ve never heard of in a program I’ve never seen. So, off to a good start then. I know who that …
The Fail is Strong with This One: Angry Birds Star Wars Android SMS Sender
Back in April, fake copies of Angry Birds Space were in circulation – with the recent release of Angry Birds Star Wars, scammers have caused a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of phones cried out in terror and were …
Fake “Beyonce Nude” Flickr Fakeout leads to Shenanigans
It’s entirely possible that someone is onto a good money thing when the third result in Google for “Beyonce nude” is a stray Flickr account up to a little spamming, using a tried and tested caper that isn’t typically seen …
19 Technologies and Trends We’re Thankful For (and More)
Around the world, Thanksgiving is a day set aside for people to be thankful for all the good things in their lives. Friends, family, health, a bountiful harvest, a good job… these and more are all things for which to …
Stopping the Spread of Malware
We may think that stopping the spread of malicious software is the job of security system vendors. There are, however, a number of things we can do to prevent malware from spreading and causing damage. Let’s look at a few …
SellAring: You Won’t Like the Sound of This
If Benjamin Franklin was alive today, had a Facebook account and Tweeted to his millions of followers, he’d probably attest that the third certain thing in this life—aside from death and taxes—is ads. Ads are everywhere. You see them on …
Advergaming and you: Part 5
The Fine Print Notification and disclosure have been major problems on PCs for years, with either too little or too much text giving rise to a short wave of EULA analysis tools designed to extract the meaning from what is …
The Olympics are over; Fake Android Apps are still Going for Gold
The Paralympics 2012 (any excuse to link to a cool Youtube video) ended in the last couple of days, bringing the whole Olympics 2012 event – itself a popular target for shenanigans – to a close. While you may still be …
