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InformationWeek published a column yesterday headlined “Android Security Becomes FUD Fest” which states: Of course, as one reader commented on Zeman’s story, mobile security also depends largely on user behavior: “If you don’t want apps to have access to your personal data, then don’t install apps that say they are going to access [...] Organizations are concerned about the dangers posed by unauthorized mobile devices, according to a study published last week, but many arent sure whats being done about it. According to a Deloitte poll of nearly 1,200 U.S. IT and business executives about mobile security, some 28.4 percent of survey respondents believe there are unauthorized [...] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrew Hoog Chief Investigative Officer viaForensics Phone: +1 312-878-1100 http://viaforensics.com/contact-us Mobile Security Risk Report released by viaForensics viaForensics releases mobile device risk assessment report featuring key recommendations on security strategies. Chicago, November 3, 2011 – viaForensics, a leader in mobile forensics and mobile app security, has just released its [...] Though not ready for public release, hackers have reportedly been able to bring Siri onto jailbroken iPhone 4′s and 4th-generation iPod touches. Steve Troughton-Smith @stroughtonsmith and Grant Paul @chpwn publicized the hack via Twitter late Saturday. The tweak requires that devices first undergo a jailbreak, the procedure for hacking an iPhone to run [...]  September 1st, 2011 by jpisani
 1 commentFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Email: pr@viaforensics.com http://viaforensics.com/contact-us Expert Forensic and Security Researchers Thomas Cannon and Jonathan Zdziarski Join viaForensics Oak Park, IL—September 1, 2011—viaForensics, a firm providing expert services and products for mobile security and forensics, announced today that it has named US iPhone expert Jonathan Zdziarski and UK Android expert Thomas Cannon [...] Apple’s iOS mobile operating system, which runs its iPad and iPad 2 tablets, iPhones, and other mobile devices, owned 94.3 percent of global tablet OS market a year ago, according to Strategy Analytics. But that figure fell to just 61.3 percent of the worldwide market in the second quarter of 2011, the research firm [...] The Apple iPhone may still be the gold standard when it comes to smartphones, but the Android platform has become the playground of choice for attackers and malware authors looking to make a quick buck. The latest example is a premium-rate SMS Trojan that not only automatically sends costly SMS messages, but also [...] Apriva, the leading provider of end-to-end wireless transactions and secure information solutions, today announced that the award-winning AprivaPay™ mobile card payment application has earned the highly-regarded appSecure™ certification from viaForensics for its Android smartphone app. The appSecure certification was issued after rigorous evaluation of the methods used within AprivaPay to prevent the exposure [...] Recent study shows that Android devices are more susceptible to hardware problems than other types of mobile devices: The study, conducted by WDS, found that 14 percent of all technical support calls for Android devices could be traced to a hardware fault, versus 3.7 percent for RIM BlackBerry, 8 percent for iPhones and [...] App developer Daniel Amitay claims that 10 different passcodes are all you need to unlock the majority of iPhones. The information gathered was worryingly predictable. … Out of 204,508 recorded passcodes, the top ten most common were 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, 5555, 5683, 0852, 2222, 1212, and 1998. Which is a very depressing [...] |
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