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Mobile Security

SC Congress Canada: Policies can combat mobile worries

Marcos Colon May 09, 2012

Experts at this year's SC Congress Canada in Toronto discussed the challenges of BYOD and how implementing policies may be the industry's biggest weapon.

Tightening the fed's belt: Government Roundtable

Illena Armstrong April 02, 2012

At a recent SC Magazine Roundtable, gov't security pros bemoaned the difficulty in obtaining resources. But instead of crying over spilled milk, they traded ideas for mitigating risk in a down economy.

Shutting access to passwords

David Pfeiffer, marketing director, mSeven Software April 02, 2012

Imagine a mobile device falling into the wrong hands - resulting in the draining of bank accounts co-opting of identities.

Malicious software meets BYOD

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET * March 26, 2012

Bringing together two separate pieces of security research reveals vulnerability to cybercrime on an alarming scale.

IBM X-Force reports that mobile threats are increasing

Marcos Colon March 22, 2012

While progress against security threats has been made, attackers are targeting new vulnerabilities, such as those found in mobile devices, according to the annual IBM X-Force study.

The state of BYOD

Tyler Lessard, CMO, Fixmo • March 22, 2012

Enterprises are being exposed to multiple operating systems, models and operators - requiring IT teams to support the safe deployment of personal devices used for work purposes.

Video: Mobile and social networking threats

Dan Kaplan March 08, 2012

From issues that corporations face with mobile security, to social networking threats on sites like Pinterest, there were endless hot topics at this year's RSA Conference 2012 in San Francisco.

Apple pushes security update for iPhone, iPad

Dan Kaplan March 08, 2012

Apple on Wednesday updated its iOS mobile operating system to rectify more than 80 vulnerabilities.

The blueprint for secure BYOD

Tom Murphy, CMO, Bradford Networks • February 21, 2012

Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) quickly made the jump from industry trend to business imperative, and organizations are now feeling the pressure to open their networks to employee-owned devices.

Google Wallets app flaw could lead to compromise

Stephen Lawton February 14, 2012

Google has temporarily disabled the creation of prepaid payment cards while it investigates two security flaws in Google Wallet accounts on Android phones.

Enterprise app stores can reduce mobile security threat

Liam Lahey, online community manager, Partnerpedia January 17, 2012

With BYOD, there's a confluence of people bringing in potential dangers from the outside that in turn presents a new class of security concerns that businesses haven't had to consider before.

Going mobile: Bedford Industries and GroupLogic

Greg Masters December 15, 2011

A manufacturing company with a number of employees on the road found a tool to enable the secure sharing of documents, reports Greg Masters.

Android users share their "rage" for free Windows Phone

Angela Moscaritolo December 13, 2011

Android users have taken to Twitter to air their grievances about their phones, prompted by an unusual offer from a Microsoft employee

Office mobility: Consumerization of devices

Beth Schultz November 01, 2011

No longer with the option of saying "no" to its employees, organizations are finding that solutions and techniques exist for managing and securing the mobile devices workers wish to connect to the corporate network.

HTC working with carriers to push Android bug fix

Angela Moscaritolo October 26, 2011

Users of HTC-made Android devices are receiving software security updates to correct a vulnerability that could be exploited by a third-party to steal personal information.

Who's listening to your conference calls?

Alan Brill, senior managing director for Kroll’s Computer Forensics & Secure Information Services Practice October 05, 2011

While phone conference lines vary, they don't provide for a lot of security.

Lawmaker urges Sprint, T-Moble to bolster voicemail security

Angela Moscaritolo September 01, 2011

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is urging telecommunications companies Sprint and T-Mobile to improve voicemail security in light of the ongoing U.K. scandal accusing Rupert Murdoch's media empire of phone hacking.

Border patrol: Perimeter defense

Angela Moscaritolo September 01, 2011

The perimeter is a distant memory of what it once was, considering the influx of third-party workers combined with new technologies, such as cloud and mobile. But it still needs safeguarding.

Look - my Android is being robbed!

Cameron Camp, researcher for ESET • August 30, 2011

New attack on the Android OS take place in broad daylight, following the installation of increasingly popular malicious apps.

FBI probes possible Murdoch phone hacking in U.S.

Greg Masters July 18, 2011

A security and privacy expert explains how cracking voicemails takes little skill.

Zeus for Android steals one-time banking passwords

Angela Moscaritolo July 12, 2011

Researchers have discovered a new variant of the insidious Zeus trojan designed to run on Google Android smartphones, but the threat is minimal in the United States.

Two new bills target smartphone location tracking

Angela Moscaritolo June 20, 2011

Federal lawmakers last week proposed two separate bills that would regulate the collection and use of location data from smartphones and other mobile devices. The Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011, introduced Friday by Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn. and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would require companies to obtain permission before collecting mobile users' location data and sharing it with third parties. The bill is similar to the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, introduced Wednesday to create guidelines for when and how geolocation information can be accessed and used by government agencies, commercial entities and private citizens. The bills were born out of controversial revelations in April that Apple was storing user's location data.

Home improvement: Clayton Homes and Proofpoint

Greg Masters June 16, 2011

One company has found a way to allow the use of mobile devices - with data defense and compliance needs, reports Greg Masters.

Clinical mobility: cGate Health and FireHost

Greg Masters June 16, 2011

Maintaining protection of clinical data and patients' personal information is the top priority for a health care provider with a focus on mobile devices, reports Greg Masters.

Enterprise mobility: Level red

John Herrema, SVP corporate strategy, Good Technology June 01, 2011

The explosion of internet-connected mobile devices, combined with the rapid move to cloud-based IT infrastructure and applications, is a security headache of epic proportions for many IT departments.

Risky mobile behaviors routine in business

Angela Moscaritolo May 25, 2011

A survey of more than 1,500 individuals from 14 countries found that half of device users keep passwords, PIN codes or credit card details on their mobile devices.

Apple issues iOS update to cool off tracking issue

Angela Moscaritolo May 06, 2011

Apple this week issued an update to address rampant concerns that its iPhone and iPad devices are collecting and storing information about users' locations.

Mobile device control: Get to yes

Vicky Ames, former information system security officer at a federal medical research agency May 02, 2011

If you aren't already trying to figure out your mobile device security strategy, you soon will be, says Vicky Ames, former information system security officer at a federal medical research agency.