Mobile Security News archives
Mobile viruses are growing in numbers, but there's no return now with intriguing platforms such as Mac OS X and Android aiming for the masses.
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsThursday, November 8th, 2007
By Sindre Lia
InfoSync
Specializing in security solutions for mobile phones, SMobile Systems claims to have identified more than 400 mobile viruses to date. With the recent introduction of Internet friendly mobile platforms such as Apple’s Mac OS X and Google’s Android, it’s likely to believe that mobile viruses will explode in the future.
“No longer are these viruses merely nuisances. These viruses are getting more insidious in nature, smarter in their design, and ultimately more dangerous to consumers, corporate smartphone users and to the carriers who provide service”, says CTO of SMobile, George Tuvell…
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Bluetooth devices easily hacked
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsTuesday, October 23rd, 2007
24.com
Cape Town - Bluetooth-enabled devices are vulnerable to unscrupulous hackers, an expert warns.
Bluetooth was invented to connect devices such as cellphones, laptops, PCs, printers, digital cameras and video game consoles over a short-range radio frequency, but like any computer network, using Bluetooth can leave you vulnerable.
“Bluetooth hacking techniques vary tremendously. There are various attacks that have proved to be very effective over the last few years. Some of these attacks include making unauthorised calls and transactions, reading and sending SMSs on a target phone, erasing information and downloading personal information such as phone books and access codes,” says ICT security expert Dino Covotsos…
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Application of the Week — SMobile Security Shield
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsTuesday, October 9th, 2007
www.s60.com
SMobile Security Shield protects your S60 3rd Edition device from unwanted intrusion coming from any direction, including the Internet, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), e-mail, and direct downloads. It has three different components to accomplish that mission: VirusGuard, to scan for malware, PointGuard, to provide call and message filtering, and the SMobile Firewall, to provide filtering and blocking on a wide variety of media…
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Supplying Smart Phone Armor
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsThursday, September 27th, 2007
By Martha McKay
NorthJersey.com
If you believe Rick Roscitt, some very bad stuff might happen to your smart phone.
In the same way viruses attack computers, malicious software can travel across unprotected wireless networks and worm its way into the mobile gadgets we depend on, Roscitt says.
“Nobody would go out and spend $1,800 on a laptop and not put security software on it,” he said. “Well, these devices don’t have anything,” he said pointing to an array of smart phones on a conference table in his Fort Lee office.
Roscitt is chairman and CEO of SMobile Systems Inc., an Ohio-based company that sells software designed to keep those gadgets safe from viruses and hackers…
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Mobile viruses evolving beyond just 'nuisance'
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsWednesday, August 1st, 2007
By Andrew R. Hickey
SearchMobileComputing.com
Mobile viruses are now nearly 400 strong in number and are expected to multiply to roughly 1,000 by year’s end, but it’s not the number of viruses out there that should have enterprises concerned, it’s the type of malware that’s sparking fear.
According to George Tuvell, CTO of SMobile Systems, a designer of mobile security applications, the number of viruses may be startling on its own, but it’s what these security threats set out to do that is a real eye-opener…
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iPhone Flaw Lets Hackers Take Over, Security Firm Says
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsMonday, July 23rd, 2007
By John Schwartz
New York Times
A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple’s wildly popular iPhone that allows them to take control of the device.
The researchers, working for Independent Security Evaluators, a company that tests its clients’ computer security by hacking it, said that they could take control of iPhones through a WiFi connection or by tricking users into going to a Web site that contains malicious code. The hack, the first reported, allowed them to tap the wealth of personal information the phones contain…
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Cell phone users urged to install anti-virus software
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsTuesday, July 17th, 2007
By Daniel Bardsley
Gulf News
Dubai: Etisalat has urged cell phone users to install special software on their phones to prevent them from becoming infected with viruses.
The telecommunications company has also urged cell phone users to be extra vigilant before they open applications or attachments sent to their phones.
The warnings come following the return of the CommWarrior virus, which was widely reported by UAE cell phone users early last year.
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Arrest over phone virus
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsMonday, June 25th, 2007
Australian IT
SPANISH police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of creating and spreading a virus that affected more than 115,000 high-end mobile phones.
The man was detained in the eastern coastal city of Valencia following an investigation that lasted over seven months, police said in a statement.
It is the first time that an alleged creator of a virus that targeted mobile phones had been arrested in Spain, the statement said…
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New mobile security threats emerge
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsTuesday, June 12th, 2007
By Ira Brodsky
Network World
Mobile phone capabilities are growing by leaps and bounds — and so are mobile security threats.
Ten years ago, mobile phone subscribers and operators only had to worry about two security threats: eavesdropping and fraud. Most cell phones operated on reallocated UHF-TV channels using conventional FM radio technology. It was ridiculously easy (though illegal) to tap conversations and pluck phone identities off the air to make free international calls. Fraud was a huge problem for cell phone operators.
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SMobile Offers Security for Wireless Networks
Filed Under: Mobile Security NewsMonday, May 7th, 2007
By George Walsh
TCG
Computer viruses are bad enough but now it seems that those bad little bugs are attacking our mobile devices. SMobile Systems just announced the launch of Network Shield, which offers anti-virus; content, URL and image filtering; and anti-spam capabilities for multimedia messaging (MMS) and downloadable content on wireless carrier networks. Network Shield extends SMobile’s suite of mobile device security solutions to the network, delivering a solution that protects against mobile viruses, spam, and other threats, from the device to the network…
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