Mobile malware surges this year, almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers
Mobile malware has exploded this year, growing almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers. Almost all of it, perhaps 85 percent, targets smartphones running Android.
Google Wallet Toots Two Security Flaws
This week, two different security researchers discovered two serious security flaws with the payment system. The first weakness pertains to the Google Wallet PIN protection system that allows access to the owner's digital wallet in a matter of seconds using a brute force method to crack the PIN. The results of the attack will enable the attacker the ability to access key information on rooted smartphone that includes credit card numbers and transaction history.
SANS Mobile Device Security Summit 2012: The Growing and Constantly Changing Challenge
Mobile Devices continue to evolve, and with each development there are becoming more efficient tools employees increasingly rely on to conduct both their corporate and personal business. Portable applications that allow the user to access sensitive corporate data are prime targets for hackers and provide them a wide range of access port to data. Controlling security breaches of mobile devices is complex due to the varying software and device types. Additionally, many organizations have no restrictions on the use of personal devices.
FastAccess Anywhere by Sensible Vision
Mario Armstrong has sales person demo security app FastAccess Anywhere by Sensible Vision. FastAccess Anywhere securely replaces passwords with a face to authenticate users to access their apps and web sites on mobile devices.
Carrier IQ: What You Should Know by Lookout Mobile Security
Carrier IQ is diagnostic software that comes pre-installed on some mobile devices. Mobile network operators use information gathered on your location and call activity to improve network coverage and reduce instances of dropped calls. Recently there has been a large amount of press coverage over the perceived privacy and security violations posed by Carrier IQ software. At Lookout, it is our belief that much of this coverage has been overstated. While there are a number of real privacy issues at play, based on our understanding Carrier IQ is not malware nor has malicious intent. We do believe that companies big and small should always take a transparent approach when it comes to data they are collecting from people.
Mobile Security Summit l Free Online Event
Consumer-oriented devices are used to access the enterprise network, email and applications on the move. While the productivity gains and strategic opportunities of accessing data remotely are real, enterprise decision makers are increasingly challenged by cost and security.
Join industry experts, analysts and end users as they identify the key vulnerabilities you should be aware of and the solutions that will allow you to keep your business running securely.
FCC and FTC holds Location-Based Services Forum
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is holding a public forum on privacy concerns about cell phones and their ability to track the location of users.
The forum is being held between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT at the FCC Headquarters, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC 20554.
Audio/video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Internet from the FCC’s web page at www.fcc.gov/live. The FCC’s webcast is free to the public. Those who watch the live video stream of the event may email event-related questions to livequestions@fcc.gov. Depending on the volume of questions and time constraints, the panel moderators will work to respond to as many questions as possible during the workshop.
Facebook, Google and Apple Appear before Senate Subcommittee on Mobile Device Location Privacy Issues
On May 19, Facebook, Google and Apple appeared before a Senate subcommittee on Capitol Hill lead by Senator John Rockefeller, D-West Virginia, and Senator John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, to discuss claims they are not adequately safeguarding their customers’ location privacy on mobile devices.