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McAfee Research Blog Safer Internet Day 2012 Offers a Lesson for All of UsFebruary 07th, 2012Posted by Toralv Dirro Many of you may have already noted this from Google’s home page, but for those not reading the fine print or not using Google: Today is International Safer Internet Day, which will have its 10th anniversary next year (if I counted right). Started in Europe by Insafe with funding from the European Commission, this day has become Read more... Android Market Gets a Bouncer to Kick Out MalwareFebruary 03th, 2012Posted by Jimmy Shah Today Google announced its Bouncer security service for the Android Market. This is a good initial step in protecting Android users. Respect the Bouncer To keep out known troublesome apps, the service performs a malware and spyware scan on all submitted material. It also uses behavioral analysis to determine if a given app is trying Read more... SchmooCon to Cover Hot Mobile Security TopicsJanuary 26th, 2012Posted by Jimmy Shah The ShmooCon security conference takes place in Washington D.C. this weekend. There will be a good number of mobile and embedded talks, covering attacks on and defense of Bluetooth, Android, NFC, RFID, and more. Disposable computers A number of years ago at DefCon a team of penetration testers showed how to infiltrate a corporate network Read more... |