WE LIVE IN A WORLD that’s increasingly full of technology. However, along with technology comes malware and mobile devices are no exception, as the popularity of smartphones and tablets surges. On the whole, mobile malware seems to be proliferating, and it’s happening quickly too. It’s been around for the last…
RSA to focus on mobile threats and Pegasus cloud security
RSA Security executives have outlined the company’s 2012 product strategy, focusing on mobility, anti-threat and cloud security. Earlier this week RSA executive chairman Art Coviello revealed that following the attack that compromised RSA SecurID tokens last year, the company has been sought after by others who do not want such…
Corporates struggle to secure employee mobile devices
The number of employee-owned mobile devices used on corporate networks continues its inexorable rise despite yawning and known gaps in security, a Check Point survey has found. The questioning of 768 IT executives in the US, UK, Canada, Germany and Japan for The Impact of Mobile Devices on Information Security…
Understanding and Detecting Mobile Malware Threats
Every couple of years there’s a new “hot threat” in security for which vendors abruptly tout newfangled protection and potential customers clamor for additional defense options. Once upon a time it was spyware, a few years ago it was data leakage, and today it’s mobile malware. It’s a reoccurring cycle,…
Xi3 Debuts Mobile Data Centers, Virtualization Software & Personal Cloud Storage Systems at CES 2012
Xi3 Corporation was back at CES showing off their new more corporate focused wares that will help make any company more energy efficient and improve performance. They have tandem software that allows companies to cut their energy consumption and mobile data centers. Shannon’s favorite: the Appitur3 personal search appliance with…
Mobile Malware
<!– –> Tweet – A A A + <!– –> With a few million more mobile device users than there were just a few months ago the lack of security is scaring internet safety experts. “Fewer than 5% of people have got some form of security on their mobile…
Malware Hitting Mobile Devices
By KSEE News January 9, 2012 Updated Jan 9, 2012 at 2:05 PM PST With a few million more mobile device users than there were just a few months ago the lack of security is scaring internet safety experts. “Fewer than 5% of people have got some form of security…
Cybersecurity career experts: Mobile app security skills hot in 2012
The increase in smartphones and other mobile devices has fueled demand for IT security pros with mobile app security and networking skills, say several cybersecurity career experts. <img alt="Cybersecurity career experts: Mobile app security skills hot in 2012, Blog, Security, skills, Mobile, Cybersecurity, experts, 2012., career"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz…
Mobile attacks on the rise, says McAfee
Mobile malware’s set to rocket, according to security firm McAfee’s 2012 Threat Predictions report, while the Anonymous hacking group may be on its way out. Threats involving mobile banking and virtual currency will dominate, says McAfee, and politically-motivated attacks will also make headlines. We can look forward to industrial attacks,…
Is your mobile phone secure from 2012’s biggest mobile threats?
For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets. Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/mobile-phone-secure-2012-biggest-mobile-threats-151148219.html View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms