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Users are biggest threat to mobile-phone security
News The same trickery is being used against mobile-phone users, despite attempts by companies to create relatively secure operating systems, such as the market leader, Symbian. F-Secure security expert, Patrik Runald, said in an interview with ZDNet...
[July 13, 2007, 9:59]
Russians turn mobile phone security off
News Russian security services disabled all mobile phone voice security for 24 hours in Moscow this week, according to a report in the Moscow Times. Mobile phone users received a text alert telling them that their conversations could be intercepted, and...
[July 11, 2003, 16:28]
Google Phone Mobile Security
Talkback The underlying truth is that a mobile security solution provides a level of security that every cell phone owner should consider. By acquiring an MSP early, Google would be in the position to have the long term security requirements of the Google...
[November 8, 2007, 22:22]
Networking Vendor Boosts Mobile Access, Security With Updated Messaging System
White Papers These include easier and faster access to e-mail with the improved Outlook Web Access, which can be used from any Web browser, and Outlook Voice Access, which can be used from any phone. To provide sales representatives and other mobile information...
[November 29, 2006, 0:00]
Sony turns to finger veins for mobile security
News Sony says false rejection rate for the system is less than 0.1 percent and processing time for identification takes only about 0.015 seconds using a personal computer CPU and about 0.25 seconds using a mobile-phone CPU.
[February 3, 2009, 16:31]
Mobile phones key to e-commerce security
Talkback Unfortunatly we found that using SMS was not the way, as SMS is regarded as a secondary service to mobile phone companies, they do not gaurenty deleviery at all, let alone timely delivery (ie inside of eight hours).
[February 21, 2006, 12:20]
Mobile phone forensics 'hole' reported
Talkback Information control has become a false prophecy just as the false sense of security has dominated the last ten years. The only tools I see coming to existence with this "we will not have enough until we have total mind control over everybody...
[June 26, 2006, 23:41]
Passport needed for mobile phone purchases?
Blog Comment I thought having Homeland Security and the "Patriot Act" was bad. Combine this idea with the British Library's DRM Adobe duplication crap and Big Brother is alive and living in the UK. Do they require the SIM card be registered too?
[October 21, 2008, 1:34]
Mobile phone virus hoax on the loose
News A new email hoax has appeared, preying on fears over mobile phone security, anti-virus vendor Sophos said Friday. There are no mobile phone viruses," explains senior technology consultant for Sophos Anti-Virus, Graham Cluley.
[June 23, 2000, 12:34]
Mobile Security Top Story on MSNBC News Yesterday
Blog Yesterday was no exception as MSNBC News hosted a rather edgy video news clip about mobile security that likely hit home for many cell phone users. Mobile Security Top Story on MSNBC News Yesterday As the Founder of MyMobiSafe.com, whenever mobile...
[June 23, 2007, 18:44]
Mobile phone virus doubles the danger
News Mobile phone viruses, largely considered a paper tiger in the digital security world, became a bit more dangerous this week with the release of a two-pronged program. Until now, malicious mobile phone programs have spread using one mechanism or the...
[January 11, 2005, 8:05]
News Burst: Mobile phone firms to meet Straw
News Jack Straw told the BBC Wednesday that mobile phone firms and operators will be called to a meeting to discuss better security facilities. Mobile phone manufacturers will meet the home secretary Jack Straw and police officers in an effort to curb...
[January 10, 2001, 9:21]
Mobile-phone spam rides in on Trojan horse
News Mobile-phone spam is a huge nuisance and can run up an expensive phone bill for owners," Gregg Mastoras, senior security analyst at Sophos, said in a statement posted on Monday. A malicious program has co-opted some Russian PCs as part of an...
[November 10, 2004, 8:23]
Mobile Security Becoming $900 Million Market
Blog With multimedia mobile phone usage growing at unprecedented rates globally and mobile malware becoming increasingly sophisticated mobile security is undeniably poised for significant growth in the months and years ahead.
[January 10, 2009, 16:54]
Security firms scrap over 'mobile viruses'
News Antivirus firm Sophos has slammed a competitor's claims that it found the world's first "serious" mobile phone virus. Earlier this month, F-Secure was questioned over hyping mobile phone viruses in a bid to sell antivirus products.
[September 23, 2005, 9:55]
Symbian adds security, Java to mobile mix
News Symbian, the mobile phone industry-backed software company, has unveiled a significant update to its operating system for smartphones, adding better support for developers and improving security. This year marks a turning point for Symbian, as it...
[February 19, 2002, 13:56]
Prank leads to fears about mobile security
News This was demonstrated during the outbreak of the LoveBug virus and by a worm aimed specifically at Spanish mobile phone users named Timofonica. Japan's i-mode mobile phones were hit by a bizarre attack Tuesday which security experts warn may be...
[August 9, 2000, 14:58]
MySpace Mobile: The Beginning of Cell Phone Social Networking
Blog MySpace Mobile: The Beginning of Cell Phone Social Networking With these new definitions naturally come unique mobile security issues that we must all embrace. Just as social networking had its hurdles to overcome the emerging mobinetting (social...
[March 23, 2008, 14:20]
Driving Mobile Security: On Content
Blog The reality is that the industry is evolving and as we shift gears, we are doing it in a way that will continue to drive mobile security for cell phone users. Driving Mobile Security: On Content The reality of mobile security is that there are some...
[June 26, 2008, 0:47]
IBM report cites mobile phone hacking risks
News The hacking technique studied by the researchers, known as a partitioning attack, analyses power fluctuations in a phone's security identification module (SIM) card, allowing an attacker to divine the security codes stored inside.
[May 8, 2002, 8:57]
