mobile devices
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 …
A Trojan-Clicker for Android spotted
A new Android Trojan – dubbed HongTouTou or ADRD – has been spotted targeting Chinese-speaking users. Repackaged with popular Android applications and games, it is …
70% of SMS spam is financial fraud
An analysis of SMS traffic conducted from March through December 2010 reveals that according to the reports of misuse submitted by AT&T, Bell Mobility, KT, Korean …
Mobile data loss prevention for corporate mail communication
With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, organizations are under more pressure to keep their content secure from malicious and inadvertent data …