Network Security

Bundling of Chinese app store in new iOS 7 untethered jailbreak sparks controversy

Evasi0n7, the first untethered jailbreak for iOS 7, contains an installer for a Chinese alternative app store called Taig

Report on NSA ‘secret’ payments to RSA fuels encryption controversy

RSA denies report; key issue is whether RSA overlooked crypto algorirthm's weaknesses to generate revenue from government contracts

Apple and China Mobile sign deal to sell iPhones from January

China Mobile is the largest carrier in the country, with over 760 million customers

BitTorrent develops secure, decentralized chat program using public-key crypto

The program will use the BitTorrent DHT peer finding protocol to locate contacts without a central server

Inside knowledge likely in Target breach, experts say

Google fined by Spanish data protection authority over privacy policy

The fine is part of action by six European countries over changes in Google's privacy policy

ZeroAccess bot-herders abandon click-fraud network

Microsoft-led effort brings about final WHITEFLAG message from criminals

Older Mac webcams can spy without activating warning light, researchers find

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University created an application that can disable the LED on first-generation iSight cameras while in use

Juniper vs. Palo Alto Networks: Firewall court battle set to begin

Juniper aiming for knock-out blow related to patent dispute over next-generation firewalls

New DDoS malware targets Linux and Windows systems

Attackers use brute-force methods to guess SSH passwords and install the malware on Linux servers