Finally decided to recycle Blackberry phones that have been lurking in the “Stuff” draw for months? Online recycling companies like Mazuma Mobile lead the way in the ethical mobile phone recycling sector. What Does “Ethical” Mean? The term refers to the two paths of mobile phone recycling – refurbish or throw away. Refurbished phones are [...]

Globalization of the semiconductor industry and associated supply chains have made integrated circuits increasingly vulnerable to Trojan programs inside a microprocessor that executes designed microcode. A Trojan is a destructive program that masquerades as an application. The software initially appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to installation, but steals information or [...]

Cloud computing is pursuing a proprietary approach to promote its offerings. Firms do not offer readily portability or cloud solutions from one vendor to another. The current tendency is to offer as little interoperability as possible. Cloud computing, especially IaaS and PaaS, can be compared to a hotel where guests can check it but find [...]

McAfee’s VP of threat research in a recent blog post noted "The targeted compromises--known as 'Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) … we are focused on are much more insidious and occur largely without public disclosures. They present a far greater threat to companies and governments, as the adversary is tenaciously persistent in achieving their objectives. The [...]

The notorious recent corruption of RSA systems defenses was accomplished by using the the Poison Ivy remote administration utility. It is a backdoor Trojan. It bypasses normal security mechanisms to secretly control a program, computer or network. It is available from   . There are other similar programs commercially available. There is an illegal market [...]