DarkMatter Secure Android May Run on Your Phone
Do you want to use a secure smartphone, but not look like you're using a secure smartphone? A team of researchers are developing a version of Android called DarkMatter that could turn mainstream Android phones, such as the Galaxy S4 and the Nexus 5, into high-end security devices.
DarkMatter is currently in closed beta, and is expected to become available in early 2015. But at the Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier today (Oct. 15), security researcher The Grugq (known only by his pseudonym) explained how DarkMatter will handle users' personal data and identity.
In a talk entitled "OPSEC for the Age of Egotistical Giraffe," a reference to a National Security Agency (NSA) program, Grugq discussed the growing need for information security and how DarkMatter seeks to address those needs.
