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Last week there was talk about BlackBerry getting banned in the United Arab Emirates, as RIM’s data handling is proving too secure for governments. Since BlackBerry data gets sent to the servers in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, government agencies have a hard time getting access to it, and as such people communicating through that channel can…
The 18th annual Defcon security conference in Las Vegas just finished yesterday and one of the highlights of the show was a presentation given by Chris Paget who demonstrated a $1500 system used to intercept and record mobile phone calls. The system uses a classic man in the middle attack technique. What’s essentially happening is…
Let’s face it, there are a lot of crazies out there in the world, some of which I work alongside each and every day – and some of those crazy people are out to do bad things to your iPhone-toting self. If you’re the kind of person who enjoys a good tech gadget, but fear…
The explosion of mobile apps on Apple iPhone and Google Android has generally been seen as a good thing but opening up our phones to these devices could lead to vulnerabilities and Lookout is trying to raise awareness of potential security threats. The company, which makes security and backup software for Android, BlackBerry and Windows…
Mobile security firm NetQin has apparently found a malware spreading via Symbian S60 handsets that is being used to build a mobile botnet. The company has identified three piece of malware masquerading as mobile games or special offers, infecting Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition devices. Their estimate is that around 100,000 handsets have been…
We’ve been hearing about a project from RIM called BlackBerry Shield for some time, first in March, then again a few weeks ago. The rumours were all true, and RIM has announced the private beta of what they’re calling BlackBerry Protect. It exists as both a web service and an on-device application, and can help…
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software has just been updated to version 5.0.2, now allowing end-users to buy their own BlackBerry and use them for work without setting off alarms. Inside BlackBerry hinted at this feature not too long ago, and focused on the security implications of allowing outside users to bring in their own devices.…
We had heard rumblings awhile back of something called BlackBerry Shield, a new app/service from RIM to offer some simple security features, like tracking your device’s GPS location, wireless backup, remote wiping, and lots more. There was little more to run on initially than a feature list, but now we’ve got a whole batch of…
Mobile security company SMobile Systems has been inspecting the Android Market and has found that not all of the apps are perfectly secure. As a matter of fact, they say that using some apps puts personal and professional data at risk. Here’s the recap of SMobile’s findings: 20% of applications in the Android market grant…
At one of the BlackBerry App World 2.0 launch events, TWiT’s Becky Worley learned that RIM will be leveraging their acquisition of Dash Navigation by crowdsourcing GPS information from BlackBerry users to build a traffic database. Sounds pretty clever, right? Well, by default such data sharing will apparently be enabled, and users will have to…