Security Issues Continue To Shake Up Handhelds
As mobile phones become more computer-like, they're becoming more vulnerable to digital maladies that have long afflicted desktop PCs and laptops writes PAUL KORZENIOWSKI in his article FOR INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY. He has talked about mobile phone viruses - Liberty Trojan horse (Palm), Phage.936 virus (Palm), Troj/Delf-HA Trojan horse (sends out the spam via SMS messages), Backdoor.Brador.A (Microsoft's Windows CE) and hackers increasing interest in handheld systems.
Security vendors and mobile operators are now getting their act together to address mobile security issues. Security market leaders such as McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and VeriSign and Wireless carriers like Sprint in the US, Wataniya in Kuwait, Mobinil in Egypt, b.mobile in Brunei, Celcom in Malaysia, Excel comindo in Indonesia see mobile security as a revenue opportunity.
Sprint has developed Sprint Mobile Security, which includes data encryption and a variety of endpoint defense tools. Celcom recently launched Secret SMS service to prevent spoofing / data disclosure of SMS messages on unattanded or lost phones. Other phone operators are contemplating release of innovative mobile security services that provide alerts when users lose their phones and even allow remote deletion of data on lost / stolen handsets.
2 comments:
The real problem as I see it is that mobiles are vulnerable to people just listening in. You see this in the problems in Greece and Italy where it became public but there are lots of accounts where someone has intercepted mobile communications for profit. My company here in AUS was compromised by someone using an interceptor from China. We reckon it cost us about $140 million in a bad M&A.
The real problem as I see it is that mobiles are vulnerable to people just listening in. You see this in the problems in Greece and Italy where it became public but there are lots of accounts where someone has intercepted mobile communications for profit. My company here in AUS was compromised by someone using an interceptor from China. We reckon it cost us about $140 million in a bad M&A.
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