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Mobile users afraid their data is not safe

01

Nov

2011

Oracle published survey results today showing user perceptions of their security when using a smartphone. The paper, “Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications – Take Two”, provided some interesting results, mainly that smartphone users have a healthy skepticism about the security of these devices. 69% of users surveyed were using a smartphone. That is […]

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RIM fixes BlackBerry security holes

25

Oct

2011

The Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM) has announced a handful of recently discovered vulnerabilities in its BlackBerry 6 handheld OS and BES for IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange.RIM reports that three newly discovered vulnerabilities in the BlackBerry 6 Webkit browser could allow a hacker to access and/or modify data stored within a BlackBerry […]

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These Aren’t the Droid Updates You’re Looking For

24

Oct

2011

Our Threat Solutions team discovered an interesting threat using a novel “infection vector” for Android today. Back in July, they analyzed Spyware:Android/SndApps, which, after an update, is able access various bits of personal information. Before the update, it only requests the “Internet” permission. It seems probable to us that users are less likely to carefully […]

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