Mobilisafe, a stealthy Seattle mobile security startup bankrolled by Madrona Venture Group and Trilogy Equity Partners, still isn’t sharing many details about its new product. But the company – led by former T-Mobile software architects Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson – just released some detailed information about the lack of security around mobile devices at small and mid-sized businesses. Mobilisafe… Read More…
nFluence Media is taking the wraps off its stealthy service today, showcasing for the first time a new mobile offering that the founders believe will transform the way people receive relevant advertisements and deals on the go. As part of the unveiling, the company is disclosing that it has raised $3 million in funding. The… Read More…
Facebook unites hundreds of millions of people each day, but lurking in the shadows are some bad actors who treat the platform as the Wild, Wild West. Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is looking to bring some order to the chaos, specifically targeting a scheme known as “likejacking” or “clickjacking.” Today, Facebook and the Washington… Read More…
Facebook and Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna today filed lawsuits against Adscend Media, an ad network that allegedly is engaged in a deceptive practice which has come to be known as “likejacking.” “We don’t ‘like’ schemes that illegally trick Facebook users into giving up personal information or paying for unwanted subscription services through spam,”… Read More…
Four months after dismantling the nasty Kelihos botnet, Microsoft says it has tracked down the central figure behind it– naming Russian citizen Andrey N. Sabelnikov as a new defendant in its civil case over the botnet. Microsoft announced the news in a blog post. The company alleges that Sabelnikov wrote the code for the Kelihos malware and… Read More…
Can your phone be used to help prevent fraud? That’s the idea behind Finsphere, a Bellevue mobile security startup that matches the location of a consumer’s mobile phone with financial transactions occurring at ATMs, banks or retail stores. If something seems out of whack — for example ATM withdrawals are occurring in San Francisco when your phone… Read More…
Even former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold is susceptible to hacker attacks. Last night, we noticed that Myhrvold’s popular Modern Cuisine Twitter account, followed by more than 8,100 folks, was promoting a Web site promising a “Miracle Diet” based on Acai berries. The Twitter message, shown above, linked to a site touting the “best… Read More…
Amazon.com’s Zappos and its sister shopping site 6pm are informing users this weekend that portions of their internal network and systems have been infiltrated in a cyberattack. Full credit-card and payment data were not accessed, according to messages from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh to employees and customers. Still, customers will be required to reset their… Read More…
Zero-day security threats can scare the bejeebers out of the tech industry, when hackers and malware are able to target flaws in software and online services before patches can be released. But a report from Microsoft today says they actually represent a relatively small slice of online threats. Less than 1 percent of the exploits… Read More…
Entrepreneurs often talk about when lightning strikes, that special a-ha moment when inspiration hits. But for former Microsoft engineer Kory Gill lightning struck literally at his Woodinville home during a winter storm in 2007. “We heard it hit, and it was loud,” recalled Gill, noting that it knocked out the sprinkler system, cable modem and… Read More…
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