The FBI recently issued a warning to smartphone users, highlighting two mobile malware applications: Loozfan, which steals personal information, and FinFisher, which is spyware that takes over a smartphone's functions.
As you mentioned, educating the user is of paramount importance as malware and spyware can come in any form today, even in something as simple as an image. Educating the user in the mobile security field should be done constantly, especially in the enterprise.
Good point. It is very difficult for IT to control those devices because so many employees are bringing them in on their own. One can see why the Mobile Device Management market is doing so well.
You are so right in that we need to be fully aware so we can optimize prevention. Working with the enterprise in "managing" information better, encrypting data, and staying aware through education is increasingly a requirement, not an option.
If an informative meeting can be held in the company once a month to discuss mobile security, BYOD issues, and update everyone on the latest threads that could affect all the different devices utilized in the company all the possible risk would be minimized, and prevented if possible, or at least that would be the goal, right?
Another good point to mention is about being careful when downloading certain apps that may look inocent but might bring a problem when the mobile device is used as also as the company phone. I keep on insisting on educating the user at all times.
Good point. Hackers have done a great job in making their malware look innocent. This problem is especially evident with Google Android apps since the vendor has a less restrictive policy for uploading apps than Apple.
Yes, Paul. Apple apps are much more secure for downloading thanks to a strict policy. The latest issues with Android security should be something to consider by Google, and fix quickly in order to provide customers with better security and privacy.
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A recent survey by Endace found that 23% of companies experience some type of network problem daily and another 25% have a serious problem each month. Enterprise networks are still very unreliable and probably will continue to be in the near term.
ITRC found that more than 600 security breaches took place in 2012. Flaws were found in some of the nation's most respected companies: Apple, Citibank, and Wells Fargo. So, it seems the bad guys are doing better than the men in the white hats.
US counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke, who came to prominence with his prescient warnings before the 9/11 attacks, tells Smithsonian Magazine the US was responsible for the Stuxnet supersmart worm that attacked parts of nuclear reactors in Iran – and in the process, has given away one of the world's most sophisticated cyberweapons.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
50 billion household devices will be on the Internet by 2020, according to Cisco. And we're hearing foreign governments are hacking our infrastructure. Surely our refrigerators are next!
A survey by JD Powers found that customer interest in product features is lessening as phones evolve. Rather than features, price is driving purchases, and that change could have a dramatic impact on how IT departments secure these devices.
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