Nasty Android Trojan brings drive-by downloads to mobile app stores
December 30, 2010
The most sophisticated Trojan for Android smartphones yet. That’s how security firm Lookout describes “Geinimi,” a nasty piece of malicious software it has just discovered grafted on to downloads of some popular Android gaming apps.
The risk to Westerners is presumably limited, since versions of the tainted gaming app have only turned up on a Chinese mobile apps website. An Android user in the US, for instance, would …More
Former Googler calls it quits as White House deputy CTO
December 27, 2010
Former Google executive Andrew McLaughlin’s resignation last week as the White House’s No. 2 technology expert has stirred up questions about how the search giant has been influencing the national debates over Do Not Track and Net Neutrality.
Do Not Track refers to the Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to empower consumers to stop online advertising networks from scrutinizing their online behavior. Google, Adobe, Microsoft, …More
Do Not Track law would empower consumers, disrupt advertising status quo
December 13, 2010
By Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, USA TODAY, P1A
If you’re like most Web users, you probably don’t realize how intensively your visits to many of the most popular pages on the Internet are scrutinized.
In fact, the art of anonymous, Internetwide monitoring of who visits what webpage has been advancing dramatically, driven by advertisers’ desire to tailor their messages to specific groups of customers.
This month, however, the Federal …More
False fears being spread about Do Not Track privacy mechanism
December 6, 2010
Fear is spreading about Do Not Track, the proposed mechanism that would empower you to stop online ad networks and tracking services from using sophisticated technologies to scrutinize your online behavior.
CNN warns that a new law requiring blanket enforcement of Do Not Track could be a Google-killer and put billions of e-commerce and advertising dollars at risk. And Ed Whitfield, the ranking Republican on the …More
Do Not Track mechanism is simple — and empowering
December 3, 2010
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 03Dec2010, P. 1B
Do Not Track is simpler and more powerful than Do Not Call.
That’s what experts say about the mechanism that the Federal Trade Commission wants to make available to consumers to enable them to stop advertisers from tracking them online.
The FTC’s Do Not Track proposal is similar to the national Do Not Call registry, which allows you to enter your phone …More
Disinformation campaign against Do Not Track commences
December 3, 2010
Mierzwinski
Confusion about Do Not Track is already starting to circulate, as predicted by consumer advocates.
As pointed out today in this story, the mechanism the Federal Trade Commission has endorsed to give you a means to instruct online advertisers not to track your online behavior is very simple and powerful.
But it may require a new federal law to compel the participants in the $12 billion dollar online ad industry to heed …More
Why Microsoft has been a leader in responding to cyberattacks
December 1, 2010
Casaba Security creates security plans for company networks. Not surprisingly the lion’s share of its clients rely on Microsoft systems. As of October 2010, Microsoft Windows operating systems accounted for nearly 90% of all computers connecting to the Internet with Internet Explorer enabling 30% of all browser traffic, according to W3Schools. In this LastWatchdog guest post, Chris Weber, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Casaba, lauds …More