If you’ve got an Android device you are 2.5 times more likely to encounter malware on it today compared to six months ago, while mobile users have a 30 percent chance of clicking on a malicious link, writes Elinor Mills for CNET, referring to a report released this week from mobile security firm Lookout at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. READ MORE
If you get a computer virus it’s your own fault–you shouldn’t have been fishing around on sketchy sites looking at porn or downloading pirated music, videos or software, right? Wrong. As ZDNet’s Ed Bott point out, even an innocent-looking ad on a legit site can cause a person problems. READ MORE
The Washington Post announced Wednesday that its online jobs section was hacked during two brief episodes June 27 and 28, exposing about 1.3 million user IDs and e-mail addresses to whomever was behind the attack. Post spokeswoman Kris Coratti said, ““We wanted to make sure that we had a complete understanding as to what had happened and the potential consequences so that we could provide our customers with information that was as accurate and helpful as possible,” Coratti said when asked about the delay in reporting the incidents. READ MORE
