The creator of PhoneSnoop shows how the free spyware app works in a video on his blog.

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Chirashi Security)

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned BlackBerry users on Tuesday about a new program called PhoneSnoop that allows someone to remotely eavesdrop on phone conversations.

The PhoneSnoop application …

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

The creator of PhoneSnoop shows how the free spyware app works in a video on his blog.

(Credit:

Chirashi Security)

The US-CERT warned Blackberry users on Tuesday about a new program called PhoneSnoop that allows someone to remotely eavesdrop on phone conversations.

The PhoneSnoop application must first be installed on …

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

A new variant of the Bredolab Trojan horse is attached to a fake “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation” e-mail, security firm MX Labs is reporting.

Some users are receiving the e-mail from “The Facebook Team,” according to the security firm. The sender’s e-mail address displays “service@facebook.com.” In reality, …

Originally posted at Webware

Nokia and SAP are forming a new company that will use their technologies to help manufacturers battle counterfeit products.

Announced Tuesday at SAP TechEd in Vienna, Original1 will offer services to better authenticate branded products and protect them from counterfeiting, the companies said in a statement.

Offering software as a …

Cisco Systems said Tuesday it plans to buy privately held Web-based security software company ScanSafe for about $183 million.

The all-cash deal, which also included retention-based incentives, is expected to close in Cisco’s fiscal second quarter, which ends in January 2010.

ScanSafe is a cloud-based software service that allows …

Originally posted at Signal Strength

The number of Web sites hosting malicious software, either intentionally or unwittingly, is rising rapidly, according to statistics to be released on Tuesday from Dasient.

More than 640,000 Web sites and about 5.8 million pages are infected with malware, according to Dasient, which was founded by former Googlers …

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

If you have an SMC8014 cable modem/Wi-Fi router from Time Warner your network might still be vulnerable to attack.

Blogger Brian Chen reported last week on a security hole affecting about 67,000 combo modem/router devices that could allow anyone to access Time Warner customers’ private networks, snoop …

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex