Lost smartphones mined by finders: Symantec – Raw Story
SAN FRANCISCO — Lost smartphones are likely to be mined for valuable information by strangers who find them, according to the results of a sting operation conducted by computer security firm Symantec. Symantec intentionally “lost” 50 … “computer security” – Bing News
Carrier IQ Not Alone: Most Smartphones Will Track You – Fox News
Fox News Carrier IQ Not Alone: Most Smartphones Will Track YouFox NewsEnter Carrier IQ, whose business it is to store some of that information and share it with wireless carriers such as AT&T and Sprint. The goal is to improve the carriers' service, the company says. It uses firmware (software installed by a phone's …Sen. [...]
Mobile payment security apps coming to NFC-ready smartphones [Computer News Middle East] – TMCnet
(Computer News Middle East Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Four major credit card companies are working with the Isis mobile wallet venture to install mobile payment security applications on upcoming NFC-ready smartphones in the U.S, the companies said. Visa …
Patents in Apple-HTC case filed in 1994 and 1996, long before smartphones existed (David Sarno/L.A. Times Tech Blog)
David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:Patents in Apple-HTC case filed in 1994 and 1996, long before smartphones existed — Lost in the clamor over Apple Inc.’s preliminary patent victory over rival phone-maker HTC Corp. are that the two patents in question are so old they predate smartphones. — A judge at the U.S. International [...]
Patch smartphones to avoid compromises: Pure Hacking – Computerworld Australia
Security patching must move beyond the computer to the smartphone as … “There is not one anti-virus system on the marketplace that can ward off a persistent hacker and phishing attack,” he said. “I cannot emphasise that enough to organisations and …
Motorola Atrix Merges Computer Power with Smartphones – Associated Content
The display will also be having a number of other features include the likes of a fingerprint scanner for improved security. Even though this is one of the geekiest features, it is something that will be appreciated by a lot of users mainly because of the …
Adobe Flash Zero Day Puts Android Smartphones at Risk (Tony Bradley/PC World)
Tony Bradley / PC World:Adobe Flash Zero Day Puts Android Smartphones at Risk — Adobe revealed a critical zero day flaw in Adobe Flash—the second in less than a week. The vulnerability extends even to Adobe Flash on the Android mobile OS, supporting at least one of the reasons laid out by Steve Jobs for [...]
Microsoft Windows Smartphones Target of Hacker Attacks – Channel Insider
Hackers are now targeting the devices via viruses planted in video games for the phones. Victims of the attacks may find their bill … encourage customers to follow all of the steps of the ‘Protect Your Computer’ guidance of enabling a firewall …
