Mobile apps on course to repeat past mistakes December 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment Mobile devices bring avoidable risks to the workplace because developers of mobile applications are repeating some basic security mistakes previously made with web and enterprise apps, Veracode has warned. For the first time, the company’s State of Software Security Report, … Continue reading → Tweet
Citrix, IBM, HP aim at market for mobile security services November 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment Next year is set to see heavyweight companies stake their claims for a share of the global market for mobile security services for enterprises. The latest to signal its intentions is Citrix, which has released the results of a worldwide … Continue reading → Tweet
ENISA offers five points towards smartphone app security September 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment Protecting smartphone users against rogue apps will become the central battleground in the fight against cyber crime, says a new discussion paper from ENISA. It aims to explore five types of defence that together will minimise risks to the end … Continue reading → Tweet
Gaps in Android security turn smartphones into bugging devices August 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment Smartphone malware rarely gets coverage on UK national TV, but the News of The World phone hacking scandal has sharpened public interest and this week Channel 4 ran a news item on vulnerabilities that can turn older Android phones into … Continue reading → Tweet
Cisco, Sophos, McAfee warn of global security threats August 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment The increasing diversity of web malware and sophistication of attacks means that organisations must rethink their reliance on signature-based detection and passive or automated responses to threats, warns Cisco in its latest security report. Detections of unique web malware rocketed … Continue reading → Tweet
Malware in mobile apps – opening salvoes in a long war July 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment The market for mobile phone apps is the new battleground in the fight against fraud, and criminals are set to win the early skirmishes according to evidence spotted by a wide range of security experts. The most important among these … Continue reading → Tweet
Enterprise security vendors left with “no role to play” in consumerisation? April 2011 | Redaction | Leave a comment “I was speaking to a chief security officer recently who said that he would never see an executive iPad connected to his corporate network while he was head of security, and I tended to agree with him – I didn’t … Continue reading → Tweet
Android falls victim to first SMS trojan August 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment Google has been caught at the centre of a security scare after it emerged that cybercriminals have started distributing trojan software that instructs Android-based mobile devices to send SMSs to premium rate numbers. The software is the first Trojan to … Continue reading → Tweet
Mobile devices next target for botnets? May 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment Mobile devices are set to become the next target for botmasters, according to Tony Dyhouse, director, cybersecurity programme, Digital Systems Knowledge Transfer Network, a group that aims to be the focal point for UK cybersecurity expertise. The proprietary nature of … Continue reading → Tweet
iPhone 4 OS to increase security stakes January 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment The latest version of Apple’s iconic iPhone OS, version 4.0, is set to offer increased security features. According to industry experts, the new OS will take aim at established corporate smartphone providers, such as Nokia and Blackberry by providing improved … Continue reading → Tweet
