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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 293 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: mobile subscribers showered spam comments Discuss  
Nuisance messages speeds up customer churnMobile operators are being warned to brace themselves for a global upsurge in mobile messaging abuse.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 291 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: security vendors target mobile operators comments Discuss  
p strong McAfee and Symantec are interested in helping mobile operators take charge of securing mobile devices. strong p ...Embedded Linux From a Trusted Source Reduce your development schedules with pre-compiled Linux components, along with tools and support. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 290 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: mobile industry sees security risks comments Discuss  
p strong Open platforms like Google s Android and perhaps Apple s iPhone open new security loopholes and greater risks than current platform kings like Symbian security researchers say. strong p ...Embedded Linux From a Trusted Source Reduce your development schedules with pre-compiled Linux components, along with tools and support. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: research hasten death mobile privacy standard comments Discuss  
Researchers at a computer security conference in Washington, D.C. this week detailed a method for dramatically reducing the cost and time needed to crack the security that prevents eavesdropping of GSM-based mobile phones. The weaknesses in the GSM encryption technology -- a 64-bit scheme known as A5/1 -- were first detailed nearly a decade ago, but cracking the code has generally required a great deal of patience and some very expensive hardware (with hardware costs...Please click on the title to continue read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 271 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: chinese mobile users targeted trojan comments Discuss  
Smart mobile malwareMiscreants have created a ransomware Trojan for mobile phones which has been seen in the wild in China. Kiazha-A, attempts to extort money from users of Symbian Series 60 phones.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 265 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: alcatellucents wng tracks mobile apps traffic demands comments Discuss  
Mobile applications are evolving even faster than the networks on which they run, and they could create new demands on infrastructure that hurt overall network performance. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 262 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn dsd approval clears nz path blackberry windows mobile comments Discuss  
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/3BFB22DAB18A7134CC25740B0019DB6CBy Darren Pauli Sydney Computerworld14 March, 2008The Blackberry and Windows Mobile platforms have both received accreditation from the Australian Defence Signals Directorate, clearing the way for broader adoption of the platforms in New Zealand government.The latest Blackberry and Windows Mobile Platforms received accreditation after a record year-long assessment to meet the Defence Signals Directorate's (DSD's) Common Criteria certi read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 247 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: researchers gsm mobile security ropes comments Discuss  
The security of the most widely used standard in the world for transmitting mobile phone calls is dangerously flawed, putting privacy and data at risk, two researchers warned at the Black Hat conference in Europe on Friday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 245 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn black hat analyst money fuel mobile spying programs comments Discuss  
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1126249158By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service31/03/2008 Spying programs for mobile phones are likely to grow in sophistication and stealth as the business around selling the tools grows, according to a mobile analyst at the Black Hat conference on Friday.Many of the spy programs on the market are powerful, but aren't very sophisticated code, said Jarno Niemela, a senior antivirus researchers for Finnish security vendor F-Secure, which makes security products for PCs a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 195 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: pondlife earthquake scammers mobile comments Discuss  
SMS scam hides behind proxiesThe Chinese earthquake and the Myanmar cyclone, like so many other tragedies before them, are being actively exploited by online scammers. Past history involving disasters such as the Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina suggest opportunistic malware attacks themed around these latest events are likely to follow.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 187 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: mobile device security market off comments Discuss  
For now, security on mobile devices is seen as an extra feature on programs designed to protect PCs.... read more »
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