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Hacking Unified Communications security

A fundamental shift in the IT security world has taken place. It is the common thread running through these real-world case studies: 1. An enterprise telecoms manager at a …

Privacy violations by popular mobile apps under investigation

An ongoing grand-jury investigation has revealed that many mobile applications could be sending various user information to advertising networks without the users’ …

Smartphone users feel more secure than PC users

Many users feel more secure using smartphones to surf the Internet than PCs, and a majority consider the risk of losing personal data higher on computers than on smartphones, …

The smartphone: A real bug in your bed

The rise of the smartphone over the past few years has been a technology success story. An almost perfect storm of advancing materials science, chip set development, software …

How to wipe personal information off your mobile phone

People are unsuspectingly selling their personal information to complete strangers as a new report from CPP finds half (54%) of second hand mobile phones contain extensive …

Second hand phones contain extensive personal data

People are unsuspectingly selling their personal information to complete strangers as a new report from CPP finds half (54%) of second hand mobile phones contain extensive …

Malicious app found in Android Market

To infect a mobile device, the Rootcager/DroidDream Trojan used two known exploits: exploid and rageagainstthecage. If the first one failed to root the device, the malware …

Security concerns around “backdoor” mobile devices

Employee owned, “backdoor’ mobile devices entering the corporate network highlight ongoing security challenges with enterprise mobility, according to Mformation. …

Building the Mobile Internet

It is common knowledge that the world is going mobile, and that we want to be able to connect to the Internet wherever we are. As the Internet’s original protocols and design …

Workers expose businesses to malware and data loss

Organizations are at risk of malware as 76% of workers plug unknown USB flash drives into company PCs, potentially compromising corporate network security, according to …

Spyware compromises 150,000+ Symbian devices

A new variant of spyware “Spy.Felxispy” on Symbian devices causing privacy leakage has recently been captured by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response …

Mobile security solution enforces policy in the cloud

Zscaler unveiled Zscaler Mobile, which adds a uniform way to secure the mobile experience for small to large organizations. The solution enforces policy in the cloud, not on …

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