ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

Simplocker ist eine sogenannte Ransomware, die Handydaten verschlüsselt und den Zugriff auf Handydaten sperrt. Der Virus tarnt sich als gefälschte Flashplayer-App.

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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/often-asked-questions-are-there-cyber-security-dangers-with-apps-and-whats-about-privacy/

- http://www.scoop.it/t/apps-for-any-use-mostly-for-education-and-free/?tag=Simplocker

- http://www.scoop.it/t/apps-for-any-use-mostly-for-education-and-free

Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile phones. The modules, made by the Italian company Hacking Team, were uncovered by researchers working independently…

Millions of Android smartphones and tablets are at risk of being attacked via the Heartbleed bug, more than a week after the security vulnerability was first made public.

So, the obvious question you should be considering is, are you running Jellybean 4.1.1 on your Android devices?

Here’s how you can check:

• Enter System settings
• Scroll the screen down to About
• Look for your Android version number

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• http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Heartbleed

A new trojan for Android has been discovered that resides in the memory of infected devices and launches itself early on in the OS loading stage. Even if some elements of the threat ...

A fake version of the popular Android game Minecraft - Pocket Edition is half the price of the real thing, but comes with a nasty surprise.

These days, the 2013 edition of the DefCamp security conference is taking place in Bucharest. There have been a lot of interesting presentations so fa...

Alecu has found a vulnerability in Google devices that can be exploited to cause them to reboot.

The security hole impacts devices such as Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, regardless of the version of Android they’re running (even the latest KitKat)!

Google Cloud Messaging serving as conduit for sending data from C&C servers

Criminals rent such networks to others for malware distribution. Among the malware distributed is the most sophisticated Android Trojan, known as Obad, Kaspersky said.

The malware opens a backdoor in an infected device in order to download additional malicious code for stealing money from victims' bank accounts. While not common in the U.S., people in other countries often use their smartphone for money transfers.

An extremely well attended talk by Hugo Teso, a security consultant at n.runs AG in Germany, about the completely realistic scenario of plan...

It's amazing to discover that aviation - an industry where safety is of vital importance and every physical element has one or even two fail-safe mechanisms - is failing to secure the onboard computer, the heart and brain of the plane.

L’iPhone 5S a été mis à mal par une équipe de Corée du Sud, qui a réussi à profiter d'une combinaison de deux bugs dans Safari pour en prendre le contrôle. Le Samsung Galaxy S5 non plus n'a pas réisté aux assauts des hackers. Deux équipes ont profité de failles dans la gestion du protocole NFC pour en prendre le contrôle. le Nexus 5 a lui aussi été piraté via NFC, grâce à une technique étonnante, qui a consisté à forcer un appairage Bluetooth entre deux appareils.

Android-Entwickler wollen eine geheime Hintertür in Samsung-Galaxy-Smartphones entdeckt haben. Auch zwei von Samsung produzierte Nexus-Phones sollen betroffen sein.

The people who read our site are a pretty savvy lot. You know not to accept checks from distant princes. You can spot a phisher from a mile away.

But here’s one that might be new for you: scammers are apparently trying to exploit your “missed call” screen, now.

The scam, simplified: They call you, but immediately hang up. You see a missed call. You call back. They charge you for the call, and for each minute they can keep you on the line.

The vulnerability could allow attackers to intercept traffic from Android devices despite an active VPN connection

A vulnerability in Android allows malicious applications to bypass an active VPN (virtual private network) connection and force traffic from the device through an attacker-controlled system where it can be intercepted, according to security researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

Un chercheur a trouvé une méthode pour forcer les smartphones de la gamme Nexus de Google à redémarrer et ne pas se connecter au réseau. Il utilise une sorte d'attaques DDOS avec des SMS spéciaux.

SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=SIM-Cards