Today I finally installed iTunes 8.2 on my Windows Vista PC and I got the iTunes Trojan Horse small.bog virus alert. Could there really be a iTunes trojan or iTunes virus in my download?

The problem was in:
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.Resources\iTunes.dll

While researching the problem, more infections occurred.

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The iPhone’s current data encryption system is far too easy to crack, claims an iPhone developer familiar with the technology. “It is kind of like storing all your secret messages right next to the secret decoder ring,” says Jonathan Zdziarski, who also teaches courses on recovering data from iPhones.

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The original iPhone was widely criticized by security professionals for lacking essential security features for the enterprise, the large corporate networks that have special needs because of huge numbers of users and the massive back-end operations to support those users.

The original iPhone was hard to lock down, had only limited secure connectivity options, and lacked both data protection and some way to destroy data remotely if you lost the phone.

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Ever since it arrived, the iPhone has been criticized for not meeting key enterprise needs. The iPhone 2.0 OS, released in summer 2008, added several key business functions, such as Exchange integration, but nowhere near the capabilities that many enterprise need to meet security and compliance requirements. The new iPhone 3.0 OS, to be released on June 17 as a free update to iPhone users and a $10 update to iPod Touch users, moves the iPhone a bit closer to enterprise requirements.

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Konstantin Anoshkin today announced My Secrets 1.2, an update to his popular data encryption utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique abilities and interface, My Secret is a tool to protect confidential data with industry-standard 256-bit AES encryption. Users can easily encrypt/decrypt and organize notes by utilizing a traditional file system idiom. There are several built-in templates and users may also create their own.

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Last week Apple lifted their NDA on iPhone developers, freeing them to discuss amongst themselves how to properly build applications. This decision is a “good thing” for not just applications but also application security on the iPhone.

The iPhone NDA was antithetical to how developers work. Developers learn from code snippets and design patterns.

read it here blogs.zdnet.com

A hacker has demonstrated in a live webcast how the iPhone tracks its user’s entire web history.

Everything users look at gets snapped, he said, including GPS maps, email, stocks and even their web browser.

read it here www.vnunet.com

Apple has become reticent in its release notes but is generally bit more forthcoming when it comes to Security Updates. If you’re interested in learning more about security updates, visit this site, which lists all security-related updates, starting with the most recent.

read it here www.iphoneatlas.com

Apple has copped to the rather embarrassing iPhone security hole revealed on Wednesday. The bug meant that few simple taps on a PIN-locked iPhone would expose all private data to any casual observer, including email accounts, browser bookmarks and the address book.

read it here blog.wired.com

Apple wants an iPhone security engineer - to beat hackers at their own game. Applicants should develop “proof of concept” attacks and undertake risk analysis on potential security threats affecting Apple’s embedded operating system products.

read it here www.theregister.co.uk