Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android

Computerworld Security: May 23, 2013
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Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android

Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit
PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said
Tuesday.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Why you need a security buddy (and how to find one)
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8591571/823929835/613268/0/

2. New Citadel malware variant targets Payza online payment platform
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8591571/823929835/613269/0/

3. Blue Coat Systems to acquire security analytics firm Solera Networks
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4. Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in
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5. Google engineer bashes Microsoft's handling of security researchers, discloses Windows zero-day
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Why you need a security buddy (and how to find one)

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I asked who he was, my son explained, "he's my kinder buddy!"
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New Citadel malware variant targets Payza online payment platform

A new variant of the Citadel financial malware is targeting users of the Payza
online payment platform by launching local in-browser attacks to steal their
credentials, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer.
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Blue Coat Systems to acquire security analytics firm Solera Networks

Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web traffic filtering and business assurance
products and services, plans to buy security analytics specialist Solera
Networks, which uses data mining techniques to classify network traffic and
detect potential security threats.
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Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is
introducing a more secure login process.
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Google engineer bashes Microsoft's handling of security researchers, discloses Windows zero-day

A Google security engineer accused Microsoft of treating outside researchers
with "great hostility" days before posting details of an unpatched vulnerability
in Windows that could be used to crash PCs or gain additional access rights.
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