Spoofing, banking attacks, authentication flaws, and more top the list of 2012's biggest mobile security headaches
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DFI News Digital Forensic Investigator is a multi-media resource for digital forensic professionals working in academic, government, law enforcement, and corporate settings.
Call it Invasion of the iPhone Snatchers: a new FinFisher-based spyware is built to infect iPhones and iPads (and Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone gadgets too) in order to take over the device completely — all unbeknownst to the user.
The smartphones and tablets will innocently appear to be themselves, but in reality the mobile malware is working in the background to track the device’s location, monitor activity and intercept communications including emails, voice calls and text messages.
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Last week we told you how to protect yourself from mobile malware http://safeandsavvy.f-secure.com/2012/05/08/5-ways-to-keep-your-mobile-phone-safe/
For people who want to go a step further and understand the threats your smartphone faces, we’re going to take a quick look inside the F-Secure Mobile Threat Report Q1 2012. What you’ll find is a Android landscape where threats are quickly maturing.
Read more: http://safeandsavvy.f-secure.com/2012/05/18/what-you-need-to-know-about-mobile-malware/
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The Security, Privacy and Legal Implications of BYOD
Unfortunately, BYOD raises significant data security and privacy concerns, which can lead to potential legal and liability risk. Many companies are having to play catch-up to control these risks.
===> This blogpost identifies and explores some of the key privacy and security legal concerns associated with BYOD, including “reasonable” BYOD security, BYOD privacy implications, and security and privacy issues related to BYOD incident response and investigations. <===
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Researchers at NQ Mobile, working alongside researchers at North Carolina State University, have discovered Android malware that is controlled via SMS that can do a number of things on the compromised device including recording calls and and surrounding noise.
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If you think Android phones are immune from malware, listen up: you need to protect yourself. A recent exploit that stole personal data shows why.
There are a few anti-malware apps for Android, including Norton Antivirus & Security, and McAfee Mobile Security among others. Those can help, but they won’t catch everything.
To really be secure, you also have to pay attention to the permissions an app is looking for when you’re installing...if a game is looking for access to your contact list, think twice before accepting. But in some cases, even that isn’t enough, because this particular exploit didn’t even ask for permissions.
===> Ultimately, you should be trying to only get apps from trusted sources. <===
And you should always try to check around to be sure that an app is safe before installing it on an impulse. Just the same what you used to do (or should have done) on your PC.
The more things change…
Read more: http://www.itworldcanada.com/blogs/android/2012/04/02/android-malware-the-more-things-change/63570/#ixzz1qtiS0RTd
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More of us are bringing our smartphones and tablets to work, but very few enable even the most basic security measures.
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French computer crime investigators have charged two men in connection with money-making malware that targets Android smartphone users.
The men, who were charged in the Bobigny area of Paris, are suspected of infecting more than 2000 Android devices with the Foncy Trojan horse.
According to the French authorities, the two men alleged to be behind the malware earned up to 100,000 Euros from the scheme.
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U.S. federal authorities, including the FTC and the FCC, are investigating Carrier IQ to see whether consumer rights or privacy was invaded.
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Mobile malware is on the rise, but user awareness is lagging behind. These preventive measures can help safeguard mobile devices.
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Mobile Security Review September 2012 [pdf]
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Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.
However, IT departments tasked with keeping company networks and sensitive data safe are still struggling to get a handle on mobility. According to the same survey, mobility ranks as the leading IT risk among organizations, that includes being perceived as more risky than virtualization and even public cloud computing.
===> Device loss, data breach and mobile malware are some of the chief concerns. And these concerns are not unfounded. For the 12 month period leading up to the survey, the average cost of enterprise losses associated with mobility was $429,000. <===
To help enterprises take full advantage of mobility while also mitigating the very real risks associated with it, Symantec has built the strongest mobile security and management product portfolio available. Today, we announced significant updates to this portfolio that enhance our already industry-leading capabilities in mobile device management, mobile application management and mobile threat protection.
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” Mobile devices can expose users’ and
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Organizations are failing to respond to the culture of employees using their own mobile devices for work and are opening up their systems to security risks. These are the preliminary findings of a survey by PwC and Infosecurity Europe.
Some 75% of large organisations (and 61% of small businesses) allow staff to use smart phones and tablets to connect to their corporate systems and yet only 39% (24% of small businesses) apply data encryption on the devices.
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Ignorance, as those in IT security know, is not bliss.
And, two new studies when viewed together show that consumer ignorance of the consequences of their actions coupled with enterprises' unawareness of their computing environment equal unacceptable risk.
===> Many organizations unduly place themselves at risk by allowing access to their computers by mobile devices used by employees who download apps without understanding their consequences. That doesn't seems like a smart information risk management policy; actually, it doesn't seem like a policy at all. <===
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Antiviren-Software auf dem PC ist heute so selbstverständlich wie das Schloss an der Haustür – nur bei Smartphones nicht. Wir zeigen, wie Sie Handy-Schädlinge abwehren.
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F-Secure Security Labs brings you the latest online security news from around the world. Ensure that you are up-to-date with the latest online threats to guarantee your online wellbeing.
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LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability, interaction design and visual design.
Gust MEES: As you see the number of smartphones evolving, so you should be aware of the interest of the #malware creators to take part of this market!
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Seriöse Apps weisen in ihrer Market-Beschreibung in der Regel darauf hin, wozu sie welche Berechtigungen brauchen...
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Check out also my #curation here:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/apps-for-any-use-mostly-for-education-and-free?tag=Mobile-Security