Mobile Security in Focus

                                                               

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The growth in the multimedia applications along with new advanced technology smart phones, the security issues concerning this sector is just beginning to unfold. Virus, Trojans etc., affect the Mobiles the same way they affect a computer, as now 3G/4G mobiles look and behave more similar to a computer. Additional to this, user privacy and data have more increasingly come under threat.

Here is a link to Symbian OS press release in July stating how a Trojan work horse passed out its security tests.

You can have a look at Mcafee’s 2009 report  on wide ranging issues concerning security of Mobile platforms.

It is important to understand the aspect of security, when it comes to using the communication devices like PDA’s, Laptops, PC’s or mobiles, that when you are accessing the outside world, you need to have a good security mechanism to prevent threats to your mobile security, privacy and data from being hacked, stolen and manipulated.

And this aspect gives rise to another question, Is there any security in place when you are roaming with your communication device and are required to access a Wireless network located at a hot spot ? The answer is no.

This article reflects here. Discusses other issues too.

Here's another link to a document giving some simple but useful info regarding, How we can help protect our mobile phone in general, which almost all of us know, but its still better to take a look, in case if  missing out on anything. So, remember always to browse safely when you are mobile.

1. Are you secure online ? gives a good introduction overview on the Internet Security threats we face today. I recommend to give it a read

Denying Denial of Service (DoS) attacks

ScienceDaily (2009-09-30) -- A way to filter out denial of service attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems, could significantly improve security on government, commercial, and educational systems.

In the past few years we have heard about a large scale DoS attacks across the globe, the more recent in the memory are the one's which took place at the Georgian Government networks just prior to the war breaking out there, researchers noticed at that point of time huge amount of web traffic directed towards the networks and it was viewed new form of modern IT warfare which reflects in how the future wars might take place.

Also there has been large scale attacks on the government websites in US such as NASA and other important government websites, it was suspected to be an attack originiating in Asia particularly in North Korea.

Science daily.com.