Security start-ups arise because they have fresh approaches to fighting malware and cyber-espionage or combatting the insider threat through network monitoring. In this round-up of some of the newer security firms, Distil Networks, Observable Networks and Vectra Networks fit into…

Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in recent builds of Android’s KeyStore, the central location where you smartphone or tablet stores and remembers passwords for you, IBM’s Security Intelligence blog is reporting. According to the details, a hacker could use…

Tweet Buffer Tweet Buffer The increasing infiltration of smartphones in our lives spells good news for cyber criminals. Just a few days back, we talked about the Trojan, Android.Trojan.Uupay.D, which runs in the background and sends sensitive information to an…

With a majority of smartphone users adopting Android as their mobile platform, over 4 lakh Android malware were detected during the January-March period this year, security solutions firm Quick Heal said today. “Total Android malware detected by Quick Heal was…

Welcome to ITProPortal’s Thursday Threat Report, where we round up the three greatest security threats facing Internet users, smooth-running enterprise, and occasionally even the survival of the world as we know it. Hold onto your hats – things are about…