As part of efforts to extend its reach to a wider range of users, Facebook has just opened the door to its Messenger service to developers who might be interested in creating apps for the instant messaging service. It is good news for many developers out there who may have been for some time wishing […]
Replacement attack could turn your legit Android App into a Malware, How to Avoid it?
Android mobile users who download their apps from the Google Play Store have full confidence the items they get are legit and free from backdoor attacks, especially that Google recently formed a review team to vet apps. But a new method of attack, though unseen in real-world setting, could turn your legit app into a […]
Facebook is working on a native phone dialer app
Domestic and international mobile carriers have something to worry about Facebook’s plan to build an app it likes to call “Phone.” From every indication, this will be a major challenge to existing mobile services offered in the global market.
Cyanogen is trying to unseat Google in the mobile market, can it pull it off?
Cyanogen, a startup business that develops the CyanogenMod open source mobile operating system based on Android, is confident it is now moving to the position of overthrowing the current leader in the market: Google.
Cisco reveals how its clients evade NSA spying
In the wake of the U.S. National Security Agency’s spying scandal, major technology providers have reeled from the heavy blow on the reliability of their products after some customers lost their trust in them. One of those technology providers is Cisco Systems, whose products were seen having been tampered with by NSA personnel in one […]
Hundreds of thousands of ADSL routers open to attacks
Hackers could gain access to sensitive configuration data such as administrative credentials through a directory traversal flaw in at least 700,000 ADSL routers which have been distributed worldwide.
