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Transmitter.C mobile malware spreading in the wild

Transmitter.C mobile malware spreading in the wildWell, I learned a new word today: inveiglentThis could never do any harmThe only way this could do any harm is if some phone OS was [b]so[/b] badly written that it parsed SMS as root and there was a known vulnerability in the parsing...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Transmitter.C, mobile malware, phone, mobile, malware, virus

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

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The future of mobile malware - digitally signed by Symbian?

Earlier this month, a mobile malware known as Transmitter.C, Sexy View, Sexy Space or SYMBOS_YXES.B, slipped through Symbian's mobile code signing procedure, allowing it to act as a legitimate application with access to device critical functions such as access to the mobile network, and numerous other functions of the handset....

Tags: Mobile, Malware, Symbian Inc., Symbian Foundation, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-23

To the Moon: The Integrators

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Spacecraft, NASA, Mission, Computer, IBM Corp., UNIVAC, Productivity, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-13

News to know: Chrome OS, Sinofsky, Kindle price drop, SEC and Steve Jobs, EMC-Data Domain

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Google Chrome OS coverage: Garett Rogers: Google to create operating system called Chrome OS Dave Greenfield: Google Officially...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Operating System, SEC, Domain, Google Chrome, Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Hardware, Marketing, Software

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Transmitter.C mobile malware spreading in the wild

Researchers from NetQin Tech. are reporting on a newly discovered mobile malware variant (Transmitter.C) distributed through a modified version of legitimate mobile application. Upon execution, the malware attempts to automatically spread by SMS-ing hundreds of messages linking to a web site where a copy of it (sexySpace.sisx) can be found....

Tags: Message, Software, Phone, Mobile, Malware, Cell Phone, Virus, Malicious Software, Mobile Malware, NetQuin, Dancho, Transimitter.C, Cyberthreats, Advertising & Promotion, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-08

CTIA 09: Is the Palm Pre keyboard the Achilles heel of the device?

CTIA 09: Is the Palm Pre keyboard the Achilles heel of the device?Are you kidding?The keyboard will increase the ease of use on this device. A full screen device that requires you click the screen to input text can be extremely annoying. Ask iPhone users.RE: CTIA 09: Is the Palm...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, keyboard, Apple iPhone, Pre, Palm Pre, CTIA 09, Palm Inc., Achilles heel, Centro, CTIA

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Eliminate the FCC?

Eliminate the FCC?Way of the world.As is well known, a government agency which regulates an industry becomes an advocate for that industry. And scientists have no fewer interests and opinions to advance than other people.You wrote:That's the problem. Any government institution can be corrupted, any set of safeguards overrun...

Tags: Federal government, FCC

Discussion threads 2008-12-24

Amazon Kindle: It’s not for us, Jack

My grubby hands on the Amazon Kindle at Continental Airlines' Presidents Club Lounge at  Newark Liberty International Airport. See Jason's Amazon Kindle Gallery. As I've discussed in this column before, I spend about 4 days a week away from home and about 8...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Arthur C. Clarke, E-books, Wireless LANs, Personal Technology, Wireless, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Bidding+stalls+again+on+key+U.S.+wireless+airwaves

Bidding+stalls+again+on+key+U.S.+wireless+airwavesThe smart move would be to let Google have it.Let Google spend the 4 or 5 billion and watch them struggle to meet the service requirements coverage area and access set by the FCC.With zero infastructure (cell towers, backbone to the towers, switch gear, etc., etc.) the chaces of them...

Tags: Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, spectrum, airwave, Google Inc., FCC

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

(The $363 19-inch dual-core all-in-one LCD PC)

(The $363 19-inch dual-core all-in-one LCD PC)RF anyoneYou might want to line the inside of the box with some shielding. A couple layers of foil and ground it, at least.RE: (The $363 19-inch dual-core all-in-one LCD PC)Paint that sucker black and it will be perfect!RE: (The $363 19-inch dual-core...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Desktops, Processors, Wood, LCD PC, dual-core, LCD, PC

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Microsoft takes on the iPod again, fails again

Microsoft takes on the iPod again, fails againIf all you want is something to carry and play musicthere are plenty of cheaper solutions that do the job just fine, and they don't come in snot green or raw wound red...Don't get the music player thing?Neither did I till I watched...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Device claims to interrupt all cell within 40 foot radius of YOU

Quite possibly illegal but most definitely rude, a deal for this $55.45 cell phone signal blocker device has been making the rounds of the Internets this weekend.This metal thingy blocks all cell phone signals around you, to as wide a radius of 40 feet.But why? DealExtreme has some suggestions:Perfect for...

Tags: Radius, Cell, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-12

Vendors turn WiFi into a total disaster

Vendors turn WiFi into a total disasterHaving problems?If you have difficulty getting WiFi signals at your computer, I'd suggest adding an external antenna to your router or network card or both. Many times the antenna that comes with the network card is stuck behind the computer, and it is...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Routers & switches, Construction, Network technology, Wi-Fi, router, wall, wireless

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

IT Customer Service

A lot of people complain about the arrogance of IT people and our general failure to understand either the customer or the business. So what happens when IT is the business? or, at least, where IT has a clear role on the customer service delivery side? Well it depends first...

Tags: data processing, utilisation

Blog posts 2006-06-01

Police blotter: Cell phone tracking rejected

Police blotter: Cell phone tracking rejectedFinally, Judges who know what they're doing?They reinforced the basic premise of privacy in the United States. I have no problem with the various agencies investigating a person who they have some evidence of wrong doing, but wholesale tracking is not what the...

Tags: phone, cell phone, On-Star

Discussion threads 2006-03-03

In pursuit of the zero-footprint Office

In pursuit of the zero-footprint OfficeYes, and the entrenched interests can'tcontrol it or delay technologies. People are tired of waiting for improvements or things they want. They don't want to wait on companies while they milk their revenue streams out of "good enough" products sunk costs.Well, if...

Tags: Thin clients, Programming languages, Microsoft Office, zero-footprint Office, network computer, C#, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-02

RC-AirSim 1.0 (Windows)

RC-AirSim 1.0 can be used to learn how to fly a radio-controlled model aircraft. Current R/C-model aircraft pilots can keep their flying skills current or learn new maneuvers without risking a real model aircraft. RC-AirSim features realistic flight dynamics and aerodynamics, Doppler-correct sound effects, and 3D graphics. The aircraft in...

Tags: Aircraft, Microsoft Windows, Fabricated Reality, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2004-01-22

Channel Helper 3.0 (Mac)

Channel Helper is for the R/C Modeler using a Radio and Transmitter and makes converting frequency-to-channel or channel-to-frequency easy. Channel Helper converts aircraft and surface frequency channels. Now Channel Helper contains frequencies for USA, Canada, and Germany. Balloon Help is also supported.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, infiniteNIL Software, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2002-04-07