security – brendan mitchell

Hello World… Ahem, Hello Carrier IQ

Posted on November 30, 2011September 1, 2023 by brendanmitchell

How would you feel if your every location, keystroke, button push, SMS, URL and Web search you made on your mobile was monitored, read and stored by a piece of factory pre-installed software that automatically sends it to a company you’ve never heard of, plus this software cannot be switched off or removed? AKA a […]

The App Genome Project

Posted on August 16, 2010 by brendanmitchell

At the Black Hat Security Conference, Lookout unveiled the App Genome Project, which is the largest mobile application dataset ever created. In an ongoing effort to map and study mobile applications, the App Genome Project was created to identify security threats in the wild and provide insight into how applications are accessing personal data, as […]

Fakebook: Koobface Virus

Posted on December 9, 2008 by brendanmitchell

If you use Facebook, then you should read this article from the BBC about the Koobface virus that has been playing havoc on Facebook. Below is a snippet of the article, but follow the link to read it all on the BBC site. ‘Koobface’ spreads by sending a message to people’s inboxes, pretending to be […]