Tag Archives: F-Secure
Sophos blames BYOD for increased interest in hacking mobiles
Rating: Established security firm now offers free anti-virus app for Android users
For a long time those with Symbian OS smartphones were genuinely safe from viruses and malware because no self-respecting hacker would gain any kudos for creating one. So the incentives basically weren’t there. The phenomenon of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is changing all of that, Sophos claims. With BYOD, the end user effectively selects which mobile device to use both at home and in workplace. The later brings corporate data into jeopardy and hackers have spotted the opportunity. Given that IT managers cannot be everywhere, all of the time, security specialist, Sophos has introduced a free lightweight anti-virus app which protects Android devices (smartphone & tablet) against malware, privacy issues and hardware loss. Perhaps, Sophos can replicate it success in the online market in the mobile world? Continue reading
Posted in android, mobile security
Tagged android, F-Secure, Matthias Pankert, Sophos
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Maybe PhonepayPlus has got something to hide
Rating: Watchdog still hasn’t learnt how to bite, though
Usually when you put out a Press release on 22nd December [2011] at 5.45 pm which says it has an “embargo 00.01 am 27 December 2011″, then the issuer is definitely trying to bury some news. (See here). PhonepayPlus did this very thing but try as hard as we could, we couldn’t see anything in the information which needed to be hidden. But – and this is a big but – the regulator is still displaying a remarkable lack of courage in trying to control the industry is has been put in charge of. Basically that’s the Premium Rate SMS sector. Now, it’s very laudable that PhonepayPlus has sponsored the PhoneBrain social enterprise competition challenges for 11 – 19 year olds. The finalists will present their ideas in January to a panel of industry experts at ITV’s London headquarters. ITV, eh? Isn’t that the TV company which perpetrated some of the worse cases of premium rate fraud (here). Yup, it is. Who’s the compere? Gary Glitter? Continue reading
Posted in Premium rate text, mobile security
Tagged Avast, Bullguard, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Paul Whiteing, PhonepayPlus’, Sophos, Symantec, Trend
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Filling the gaps in the Android UI
Rating: Nokia spoilt us with something that worked
It’s a bit of a mystery as to why the shortcomings of the bog standard Android UI don’t attract more attention and criticism. However, GoMo News isn’t afraid to highlight how it has managed to patch some of the gaping holes. Mostly this is achieved using freeware but in some circumstances, we’d actually be prepared to pay for the apps. That is, if it wasn’t so difficult to do pay as a member of the ‘unbanked’ masses. We’ve also discovered fixes for gaps in Android’s Bluetooth support and easy access to user ‘profiles’. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Mobile UI, Mobile applications, android
Tagged android, AVG, bluetooth, Bullguard, Cube Innovations, DEFY, Dessert, Everysoft, F-Secure, Motorola, Phone Weaver, Racer, SayMyname, SBSH Mobile Software, Swiftkey, swype, Tom Tasche, Trend Micro, ZTE
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Untenable tirade @ smartphone data insecurity
Rating: Radware advocates moving data to leakiest of devices
It’s unclear what plante some supposed industry experts are living on when they launch attacks on the supposed insecurity of data held on smartphone devices. Amir Peles, CTO with Radware suggests moving confidential and personal information “as quickly as possible to a laptop or PC with proper encryption and security measures.” This is in complete contrast to real world experiences where laptops with highly sensitive data go missing on a regular basis. Those offering mobile security apps aren’t going to be too happy about his comments, either. Continue reading
Posted in BlackBerry, Motorola, android, mobile security
Tagged Amir Peles, AVG, BlackBerry, F-Secure, motoblur, Motorola, Radware, RIM, SSL, Trend Micro, VPN
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Nokia tie-up increases mobile malware risks
Rating: AVG highlights problem of untrusted apps
It’s the kind of side-effect that Nokia probably didn’t expect when it decided to leap into bed with Microsoft. All of a sudden the anti-virus people have spotted a whole new market opportunity. And so will the hackers who hadn’t show much interest in creating viruses which ran on Symbian, anyway. Now that millions of Nokia phones will be running Windows – hey, what an opportunity. So it is incredibly timely that AVG – best known for its absolutely free Windows anti-virus and security offering – has commissioned a study from the Ponemon Institute. Although a sample of just 734 US based over 18 year olds is a bit suspect. Did you bother to ask any women, we wonder? Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Motorola, android, mobile security, nokia
Tagged anti-virus, AVG, bill shock, carphone warehouse, F-Secure, motoblur, Motorola, Ponemon, Security
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Nokia promotes nextgen touchscreen shell on Ovi
Rating: Carphone Warehouse pushes Android in newspaper ad
It’s interesting to see that Nokia has decided to promote the benefits of the SPB Mobile Shell to its Ovi users offering them a ‘next generation user interface’ without changing their handset. Providing they have a touchscreen Nokia, of course, Meanwhile the Carphone Warehouse has been promoting the joys of Android apps to readers of the Sun in an newspaper ad. Continue reading
Posted in LG, Mobile UI, Motorola, Ovi, Samsung, android, nokia
Tagged android, carphone warehouse, Coding Caveman, Endomondo, F-Secure, Mobile Shell, nokia, Ovi, Skycoders, Spb, Sticky Notes, touchscreen
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How to protect your jailbroken iPhone from worms
Rating: The answer is alpine. What was the question again?
Checking out a blog on ‘Virus migration from desktop to mobile’ from virus specialist, AVG, it struck GoMo News that the fix for an iWorm that afflicts only ‘jailbroken’ iPhones needs more publicity. Just change the default password from ‘apline’. OK?
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