Smartphone Security Beyond Lock and Wipe
Didn’t catch this in my Google alerts when it was published (which is why I’m only posting about it now!) – but I did an overview of smartphone security options for EnterpriseMobile in June. Smartphones in use by company employees have changed a lot over the years — from phones with simple repositories of contact and calendar information to 32GB multi-function devices...
Read MoreSmishing
Have you heard about Smishing? Apparently, that’s what you call it when you get a phish SMS on your cell phone. The scenario is the following: you get a suspicious SMS with a link in it, you follow the link which downloads a file, you are asked if you want to install the file, you agree and install it, and finally you get some trojan that hoses you. Totally a raw deal for the phone user....
Read MoreMobile Malware vs. the Goat Sucker
Have you ever heard of “El Chupacabra?” Well, just in case you haven’t, El Chupacabra (in English, the “goat sucker”) is a South American spiked, fanged, goat-eating beast that strikes terror in residents of Puerto Rico and (more recently) South and North America. There’ve been hundreds of Chupacabra sightings in the past decade, and there are thousands of...
Read MorePhone Malware (again)
I’m getting sick of the whole “malware on the phone” propaganda; I’ve been saying that phone-borne malware is not “brewing like bird flu” for years now. However, every few weeks, the press picks up and runs with some story about how huge a problem it is. The stories typically have quotes from certain AV vendors spinning a tale of woe about how phones are a...
Read MoreNot very heartening news from the “Secure Phone” Front
Secure phones no obstacle to wiretapping – US Govt. The Register quotes from the recent US gov’t report on wiretapping and provides comments and analysis from crypto-pundit Bruce Schneier.
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