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
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
Zapchast exploit dangles previews of Windows, Apple releases June 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment Consumers eager to find out about the latest products from Apple and Microsoft are being targeted with phishing emails that install the Zapchast trojan on Windows systems, according to security researchers. The trojan opens a back door, enabling the attacker … Continue reading → Tweet
Russian researchers crack iPhone iOS4 encryption May 2011 | Redaction | Leave a comment Forensic experts at ElcomSoft are claiming a world first in cracking the encryption that Apple uses to protect file system data in iOS4 devices such as the iPhone. All Apple devices starting with iPhone 3GS and running iOS4 are affected, … Continue reading → Tweet
EU maps out new regime for location data May 2011 | Redaction | Leave a comment In their clearest signal yet EU privacy watchdogs have warned the mobile phone industry that explicit consent from users is required for data about their movements and location to be collected lawfully. The Article 29 Working Party, which draws together … 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
Firefox 4 and the state of browser security – the expert view March 2011 | Redaction | Leave a comment The release in March of Firefox 4 and Microsoft’s IE9 has reignited talk of the “battle of the browsers”, sparking claims and counter-claims about the numbers downloaded within the first hours of release. It is a good time to take … Continue reading → Tweet
iPhone and iPad ‘secure enough’ for enterprise August 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices are now secure enough for business use, according to analyst firm Forrester Research. Forrester analysts argued in an advisory paper that Apple now provides sufficient security measures to enable businesses to securely manage the iPhone … Continue reading → Tweet
