Users that are looking to jailbreak their IPhones are being targeted by hackers in an attempt to infect the users with malware.

As IPhone users are awaiting the release of the jailbreak program known as “Greenpoison”, hackers are taking advantage by uploading programs to various torrent websites in a bid to infect users with malware that steals passwords and other information. These programs which are uploaded under the greenpoison name are reported to contain trojans and malware.

Depending on how Lilly Allen gets on with her law suite against Apple after they failed to identify who hacked her computer perhaps users that get infected may be able to bring Apple to court too. More can be found on that story here.

A company that has not had very much media attention called Palantir has recently received funding of approximately $90M in the States.

It is not known whether Palantir is currently profitable but the company states that revenues have doubled each year for the last 3 years. 70% of the it’s revenue comes from the US Government and the other 30% from private corporations.

From tracking weapon smuggling to identifying the origin of malware this tool appears to give governments and corporations an extremely effective analytical tool that will provide them with a serious upper hand.

According to it’s website:

“We currently offer two products: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance. Both are platforms for integrating, visualizing, and analyzing the world’s information. We support many kinds of data including structured, unstructured, relational, temporal, and geospatial. Our products are built for real analysis with a focus on security, scalability, ease of use, and collaboration.

Palantir Government is broadly deployed in the intelligence, defense, and law enforcement communities, and is spreading rapidly by word-of-mouth. Palantir Finance is in use at some of the world’s leading hedge funds and financial institutions.”

A quick look at some of the tutorial videos on the companies website will give you an idea of what this software is capable of.

http://www.palantir.com