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"DroidLive" SMS Android Trojan Masquerading as a Google Library, Attempts to Utilize Device Administration API

Today IBM launched a cloud-based mobile security offering designed to help organizations better secure smartphones and tablet devices in the workplace and protect against the latest mobile threats.The new service, “IBM Hosted Mobile Device Security Management,” utilizes the Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite from Juniper Networks as the underlying protection and device management technology.

Active and Passive Monitoring are Critical in Your Defense Against Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft

Earlier this week, the Steam user forums, where gaming fans gather to discuss a wide range of titles from Left 4 Dead to Call of Duty, in addition to the Steam platform itself was defaced, causing some to fear the worst. On Thursday, Valve – the software company behind Steam and several popular games – confirmed those fears.

Prison authorities are concerned about new security research demonstrating how attackers can hack into the industrial control systems used in the nation’s penitentiaries.

Privacy Implications of Powerline Electromagnetic Interference from Televisions

DARPA Seeks Stronger Authentication Beyond Passwords by Making Computers Adapt to HumansThe U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is asking for help designing a new approach to authentication.

Veracode has crafted up another infographic, this time comparing how Google and Facebook stack up against each other when it comes to handling privacy and security concerns.

Estonian Cybercrime Group Infected More Than 4M Computers with DNS Changing Malware The FBI and international authorities have disrupted a massive cybercrime scheme that infected more than four million computers with malware, and generated an estimated $14 million for a group of cybercriminals over a period of several years.

The Days of Social Engineering Attacks Being Reserved for Governments and Organizations With Enemies Are Long Gone. 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch announced this week that it would be offering Chip and PIN technology (also known as EMV) in corporate cards for U.S. international travelers.A Bank of America spokesperson told SecurityWeek that the credit cards would be offered to any its large corporate/commercial credit card customers who travel outside the U.S. on business. The program is not available for debit cards.

Shares of Imperva (NYSE:IMPV) jumped nearly 40 percent today as the data security firm made its debut as a public company, opening at $23 a share and topping $25 during trading.

Kindsight, an Alcatel-Lucent backed company that works with ISPs to analyze the behavior from their customer’s computers, has launched a new portal that details current network-based threats and vulnerabilities.Kindsight, after detecting issues on a given user’s system, will often provide support to the ISP’s customer when needed. They partner with several ISPs, and the data collected from their day-to-day analysis of threats and vulnerabilities, means they have a treasure trove of information to share.

Baltimore-based data protection vendor, SafeNet, has released, what the company says, is the industry’s first Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) standards-based EKM solution using a pre-configured hardware appliance.“As the use of encryption grows and various solutions are deployed, key management becomes exponentially critical and complex,” said Vic Wheatman, vice president, Gartner Research. “Mismanagement of keys can expose an organization to unnecessary risk.”

Juniper Networks and GE have teamed up to help the U.S. Military deploy ruggedized networking appliances to their defense vehicles. The equipment is designed to work with aerospace and military environments, including those where harsh conditions make typical products almost useless.