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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Lookout Features New Smartphone Security App. While Apple's Phones Are Held For Ransom





Lookout Features New Smartphone Security App. While Apple's Phones Are Held For Ransom





Lookout, the mobile security software firm, today added theft alerts to its Mobile Security app. When someone tampers with your phone—by removing a SIM card, punching in the wrong passcode or even turning the device off, among other things—the phone takes a “theftie”  image of the perpetrator. You get a report in email containing the impromptu mugshot plus a geographic location of your phone.

Meanwhile, Apple has confirmed a breach of iCloud security was not the reason iPhone and iPad users had devices locked and held for ransom.

Following multiple reports earlier this week from iPhone, iPad and Mac users in Australia, New Zealand and even the UK that devices connected to their iCloud account were being locked, Apple has finally acknowledged the issue but denied it was the result of a breach of iCloud security.

However the company has urged users who have been affected to change their Apple ID password whenever they can.







The service, which costs $30 a year and also includes defense against malware and other threats, works best on Android phones. While there is an app available for iPhones, it will not provide a “theftie” image, as Apple's software doesn’t allow it.

Consider your odds of becoming a victim of phone theft: Last year, 3.1 million Americans had their phones stolen, according to a Consumer Reports survey. That's double the number from 2012.

Cellphone carriers haven't done enough to stop this growing epidemic, fueled by high smartphone resale values and a liquid secondhand market. Until they do, it's up to you to to protect your phone and aid police if it is stolen.

Starting Wednesday, the mobile security firm Lookout is adding a new tool for tracking down bad guys: the "theftie," a covert snapshot of someone trying to steal your phone.

It's part of an app that alerts you to suspicious behaviors on your phone, like a screen password mistyped three times. You get an email containing your phone's location and a highly unflattering look at the person holding your phone—be they Samaritan or supervillain. Theft alerts cost $30 a year, bundled with Lookout's other services that block unsafe websites.

Lookout is part of a growing antitheft industry that makes use of the fact that the phone is already a powerful self-contained tracking device. To test the best options, free and paid, I challenged colleagues to grab and attempt to reset my phone. These services all protected my phone's data and provided useful clues in my hunt, though sometimes the trail went cold.

That's not to say we should become stolen-phone vigilantes—in fact, that's a terrible idea. "There are too many risks, aside from the location being wrong," says Nuria Vanegas, a public information officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. "You could knock on a door and it could be a grandma or it could be a gangster."

Law-enforcement officials around the country tell me these services have limitations, but they'll take any help they can get. "We use it all the time and make arrests," says Sgt. Danielle Newman, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Police Department.


Most recent smartphones come with access to free software that can report their location, remotely lock themselves and erase all their content. You can use these programs, like Apple's free Find My iPhone, to track a phone thief in real time as he moves across town.

But you have to turn it on before your phone gets stolen. Apple asks for permission to activate Find My iPhone when you set up an iPhone. You can also turn it on later in the phone's iCloud settings.

In my tests, when a colleague pilfered my iPhone, I logged in to iCloud.com on a computer to find the phone's location, then set it to "lost mode," which locked the phone and displayed instructions on how to return it to me. Doing this also turned on an activation lock that would've made it hard for a crook to reset and resell the phone.

ICloud also gives you the option to remotely erase your phone or play an alarm on it, if you think it's near. (Annoyingly, the iCloud website doesn't open on Android phones. Does Apple think all our friends have iPhones?)

Apple's service usually allowed me to find my phone within a city block radius—but it became less useful when my colleague-thief took out the SIM card and turned off Wi-Fi. In those cases, or if the phone is turned off, Apple can only tell you when and where the phone last checked in (within 24 hours) and email you next time the phone is online.

Android phones offer similar services for free, but setting them up varies by maker. Recent Samsung phones can use the website FindMyMobile.Samsung.com, which worked well in my tests. Others can download Google's Android Device Manager to find, alarm and remotely erase Android phones—but I had more difficulty getting it to find my phone.

Another premium service, called Absolute LoJack, comes embedded in the latest Samsung Galaxy phones and promises to track stolen phones, even if they're shipped overseas. The software, buried deep inside the phone, can reinstall itself and send data back to the company's servers. The $30-per-year service also comes with Absolute's own investigators, who read your phone's digital crumbs and coordinate recovery with police.

Lookout's app provides most of the same phone-finding services as the free apps, adding an extra set of virtual eyes over your phone. Right before your phone's battery runs out, Lookout will send you an email with its location. (Lookout calls that a signal flare.)


Lookout isn't the first app to take photos of thieves, but the company integrated it into a wider set of alerts. You get a theftie when Lookout spots any of the common steps criminals take when they steal a phone.

 In my tests, I caught snaps of a colleague who snatched my phone and was able to track him to a block in downtown San Francisco. But it wasn't perfect: The location information wouldn't have been good enough for me to isolate him if he'd been a stranger. And Lookout's "scream" feature, which turns the phone into a police siren, wasn't loud enough for me to hear half a block away. (The company says scream was designed more to help people find phones lost in couches than to spook thieves.)

 Lookout does more on Android phones, including firing off a theftie after an incorrect passcode. Its protections are more limited on an iPhone. Lookout can never take thefties, as Apple's privacy protections restrict remote access to the camera.

 The restrictions raise a good question: Does Lookout violate privacy by taking covert photos? Lookout says it limits photography to suspicious situations, and I agree that somebody trespassing on my device can't expect privacy.

 Another key question: Why shouldn't the industry provide better smartphone security?Lawmakers, cellphone makers and carriers are squabbling over the idea of a universal kill switch to turn stolen phones into bricks. Carriers, which profit from selling insurance policies and replacement phones, claim hackers could wreak havoc by exploiting a switch—a weak excuse for an industry with deep security expertise.

 If you have an iPhone, just turn on Find My iPhone. If you have an Android phone and are worried about theft, $30 a year for Lookout's services would be well spent. A theftie alert was the first sign I had in some of my tests that my phone had been snatched.

 Moreover, Lookout's real-time reports can help you make important decisions, like whether to wipe its data or call it while it is in someone's hands.

 Then there's the real-life test: Earlier this month, a beta user of the Lookout software in Dyersburg, Tenn., had her phone stolen while shopping at Wal-Mart, according to local police. When the suspected thieves mistyped her passcode, Lookout snapped thefties and sent them to her. She gave the photos to the police and posted them on Facebook. 

 A few days later, a friend of the victim identified the suspects by name. Police say after that the suspects turned themselves in and returned the phone.

 "Pictures don't lie," says Captain Mark Moody, a spokesman for Dyersburg police. Now that's digital justice.





Apple's iPhones, iPads And Macs Are Held For Ransom


Meanwhile, Apple has confirmed a breach of iCloud security was not the reason iPhone and iPad users had devices locked and held for ransom.

 Following multiple reports earlier this week from iPhone, iPad and Mac users in Australia, New Zealand and even the UK that devices connected to their iCloud account were being locked, Apple has finally acknowledged the issue but denied it was the result of a breach of iCloud security.

 However the company has urged users who have been affected to change their Apple ID password whenever they can.

 In a short statement , Apple said:

 Apple takes security very seriously and iCloud was not compromised during this incident. Impacted users should change their Apple ID password as soon as possible and avoid using the same user name and password for multiple services. Any users who need additional help can contact AppleCare or visit their local Apple Retail Store.





$100 Ransom

 The incident came to light on Monday when numerous Apple customers in Australia reported finding themselves locked out of their iPhone, iPad or Mac computers and a message demanding a $100 (£60) ransom be paid to a hacker only known as Oleg Pliss.

 With Apple ruling out an iCloud server attack, then the attacker is likely making use of another database of usernames and passwords compromised from another service.

 As many people use the same username/password across multiple accounts, it is no surprise that a cybercriminal would be able to use credentials exposed in one breach (such as the high profile attacks on eBay and Target recently) to attack other accounts.

 Once the attacker gained access to a users' Apple ID, they could use the Find my Device feature for iPhone, iPad and Mac to remotely lock the devices.

 While the vast majority of the incidents have taken place in Australia, there have also been reports on Apple's Customer Support Forum from users in New Zealand, the US and the UK who have been affected, though these claims have not been verified.
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