Mashable’s Favourite Wi-Fi Names

August 9, 2011

Mashable has done a quick survey and found what they consider to be the best Wi-Fi network names… Just funny, for once. Follow the Link


Beresford Backdoor, Explored

August 9, 2011

Reid Wightman has started to take a look at Dillon Beresford’s ‘basisk’ backdoor on some of Siemens’s PLC firmwares. His first finding is that the password is not encrypted as was previously thought. It would be interesting to continue monitoring this effort…

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Trojanized Android App Checks for Keywords in SMS Messages

August 9, 2011

Android malware that monitor messages from specific numbers sent to infected devices have been frequently seen in the past. These typically intercept messages from premium numbers in order to prevent affected users from suspecting device infection. The Android malware we recently saw, however, took a different approach, as it monitored certain keywords contained in text messages received via infected devices instead.

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