The current infosec news is buzzing with a few major stories and topics that all deal with user behavior tracking, both online and on mobile networks. We’ve talked a bit about Carrier IQ, the company that has a low-level agent installed on many mobile devices such as Blackberries and Droid...
Published: December 15, 2011 - 12:40
From a recent security talk by IANS Faculty member John Galda at the November ISSA meeting in Boston.
Security programs should be based on risk. However, if you do not have any information on current threats and vulnerabilities, it is difficult to...
Published: December 9, 2011 - 15:37
Happy Friday everyone! One of the stories we posted last week discussed Trevor Eckhart’s research on Carrier IQ’s application. The application, installed on millions of mobile devices, logs keystrokes and essentially passes sensitive data back to the company. After many interviews and deeper inspection by security researchers, it seems that Carrier IQ may not be truly sending all the data back...
Published: December 2, 2011 - 08:46
Happy Friday everyone! I’m posting this as my first of many entries here at IANS, and I’ll be posting a weekly entry here that includes some topics of interest in the infosec community over the last few days, as well as summarizing some of the more interesting discussions and articles around the Web for the week in case you missed them. I look forward to your comments and feedback!
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Published: December 1, 2011 - 10:00
When it comes to HITECH, many security professionals think immediately of the impact that HITECH has had on topics like breach disclosure and expansion of HIPAA security and privacy requirements to business associates. And while these topics are certainly important, the impact that...
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