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The result from Skycure report on Mobile Phone explain very well the Halloween and smartphone security analogy. You can be impressed on how many smartphones does not use password protection. Hope you enjoy this report.

Vodafone UK Hacked Vodafone UK reported today 1,827 customers had their account accessed by hackers this week. Customers have had their bank details and personal information stolen. Vodafone said the attacker got access to customers’ names, mobile numbers, bank sort codes and the last four digits of their bank accounts. Less than 21,000 unique bank account

A bug introduced in the most recent OS X update allegedly allows hackers to access unrestricted root user privileges, according to Ars Technica. This blunder on Apple’s part leaves a plethora of Mac users at risk to rootkits and other brands of persistent malware. The bug, originally reported on Tuesday in a blog post written by security

It seems that a recent zero-day vulnerability for Windows has been discovered, so much so that Microsoft has recently issued an emergency security patch for it. It seems that this zero-day vulnerability is so serious to the point where the patch will be for all versions of Windows, regardless of whether or not Microsoft has

By Brad Jones The Internet is a constantly evolving complex of technology, and with more users than ever relying upon it on a daily basis, that’s never been more true than today. Unfortunately, the ways and means that malicious parties target people and services via the Internet is also in a constant state of growth.

MICHAEL CRIDER, ANDROID POLICE Have you seen Mr. Robot? The show is only three episodes in, but it’s already shaping up to be a surprisingly awesome hacking drama. And I don’t mean “hacking” in the CSI/NCIS/Scorpion “120WPM and 60 flashing windows” kind of hacking – the protagonist and his Anonymous-style compatriots use real methods and

by John Zorabedian It didn’t take Jordan Wiens very long to find a vulnerability in United Airlines’ network, but the payoff was one million free air miles for about six hours of work. A vulnerability researcher from Florida, Wiens was the first recipient of United’s highest-level reward in its bug bounty program, reserved for remote

If it threatens security, China reserves the right to switch off networks China is able to make an internet shutdown during major ‘social security incidents’ and has granted its Cyberspace Administration agency wider decision making powers under a draft law published this month. The draft also appears to require critical infrastructure organisations including foreign entities to

A study has concluded encryption and file deletion programmes are not as unstoppable or frightening as initially thought Apparently terrifying ransom Trojans might not be as potent as first thought and could even be countered using relatively simple protection mechanisms, a multi-agency study has concluded. Amidst a rising tide of reported attacks and warnings from