| | | | Security Watch June 5, 2013 | | | | TOP STORIES Public Charging Stations Could Steal iPhone Data For this year's upcoming Black Hat conference, the abstract for one talk in particular has caught peoples' eyes. In it, researchers say they will demonstrate an innocuous-looking public charging station that can seize control of your iOS device. Share This: Leaky Apps Raise Privacy Concerns in This Week's Dangerous Android Apps Bad Android apps aren't just about aggressive ad networks or sneakily signing users up for premium-rate SMS messaging services. There are also privacy concerns, too. SecurityWatch is partnering with a handful of security companies who monitor apps on Google Play and third-party marketplaces to spotlight some of the risky apps. Share This: Bitdefender Still Leads the Pack in AV-Test Evaluation For a number of years German antivirus lab AV-Test rated antivirus products on three criteria: Protection, Repair, and Usability. Bitdefender remains the overall champion, with 17 of 18 possible points. Quite a few others scored better or worse than in the last test, some by quite a bit. Share This: Oracle Vows Better Java Security In light of recent vulnerabilities found in Java and ongoing concerns about the technology's overall security, Oracle has promised--again--that it will fix the problems. Share This: Evernote Debuts Two-Factor Authentication, Here's How to Get It Evernote users rejoice! Months after the great Evernote hack, the note-keeping company has rolled out two-factor authentication to keep you just a little safer. Here's how to set it up. Share This: Infographic: The Smart Approach to Password Creation In a recent study, Deloitte reported that over 90 percent of passwords created by individual users are "vulnerable to hacking in a matter of seconds." How can you improve your passwords? Sophos suggests you just need to be smart. Share This: Questions, comments, tips about potential viruses, worms, vulnerabilities? Send them here: | Featured Research | | | | Unified Mobility Download this white paper to learn what it takes to create a Unified Network for the Mobile Era. | | | | | Business Case for ERP Making the Business Case for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) | | | | | Uncomplicated BI Uncomplicating Business Intelligence for SMBs | | | | AWARD-WINNING TECH now on sale! |
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