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New FurBall Android Malware Used to Spy on Iranian Citizens

SecureWorld News

A new version of the Android malware "FurBall" has been discovered to be used by the threat actor(s) known as Domestic Kitten in a campaign targeting Iranian citizens in a mobile surveillance operation. Researchers believe the purpose of this could be to set up a larger spearphishing attack conducted via text messages.

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Why your smartphone is sicker than a room full of snotty toddlers

Network World

If you thought your smartphone was safe(r) from the wild west of malware, spyware and other viruses compared with the PC space, think again. A new report from Nokia proclaims a “sharp rise in the occurrence of smartphone malware infections” in the first half of 2016.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

CTOvision

The relevant text is contained in the 2016 intelligence. Mobile apps drive fleet management GCN (Today) - Fleet management apps at the General Services Administration and State Department give agencies real-time data integration between the field and home office.As government agencies look for more efficient ways to.

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How much control should Apple have over your iPhone?

Vox

We love our mobile apps. Apple is facing growing scrutiny for the tight control it has over so much of the mobile-first, app-centric world it created. It doesn’t quite have the negative public perception that its three peers have, and the effects of its exclusive control over mobile apps on its consumers aren’t as obvious.

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Antitrust investigations aren’t the biggest threat to Facebook’s future

The Verge

It also turned Facebook into something like a single point of failure for the distribution of foreign propaganda, with famously dire results in 2016. If India can ban one app used by 200 million people , citing rather vague national security concerns, it can ban others. The so-called “ Splinternet ” is a long time in coming.