WAS IT REALLY A VIRUS?

[TECHNICALLY "NO"]

Last week there were murmurs about the same APP for ANDROID (declared Malware) was also an APP on APPLE's IOS products. This was true, however it was missing a key component to it's ANDROID counterpart. But......(ed.- you knew there was a but coming), it did have one part in it that would send the users contact's to a remote server. The APP, btw, is called "Find and Call". As they pointed out on Trendmicro's blog there have been other APP's caught doing the same thing (a HUGE breach of privacy), so when IOS 6 arrives, expect one change in particular, where you must give consent before an APP can forward your contacts, calendar, photo's, etc. (I wrote "Expect", but it's actually on the IOS6 Beta now.)

While this news is not security related, I'd like to announce two new blogs-in-progress: "Anytingandthebathwater", along with "Buddythefatcat". The first will be interesting things I've found on the web, or life, that doesn't fit the cbdaze, or security daze format. The latter is co-pawed by our cat "Buddy", and how he views life through his eyes.

'Nuff Said
Brian