Scam artists come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve seen them throughout history and they’ve become prevalent where technology is concerned. Scammers and “crackers” (we prefer the term “crackers” to label criminals, as the term “hacker” originally referred to someone who was technologically savvy that solved problems and simplified difficult computing tasks by “hacking” their way through the mainframes at Berkeley) that have used technology for all manner of things, mostly as illegal money making schemes.
GTC Featured News:
Study of BlackBerry Proof-of-Concept Malicious Applications
January 6, 2010SMobile’s Global Threat Center (GTC) has released a research study on proof of concept malicious applications for BlackBerry platform. This research exposes the weakened security posture of BlackBerry device that operate under the BlackBerry Internet Service environment. The proof of concept applications discussed in this research are developed to examine the response of BlackBerry inbuilt security framework. Through this research, SMobile concludes that there are certain instances of attacks that may be successful in bypassing the security framework of BlackBerry and poses a significant threat to privacy and confidentiality of the user. This research paper can be downloaded here:
BlackBerry paper
iPhone Encryption Report
August 25, 2009SMobile has released a detailed forensic analysis of iPhone encryption and security technologies as compared to their newly released ContactCrypt encryption application currently available on the Apple App Store. In this detailed report, SMobile GTC engineers detail how existing security technologies on the iPhone 3G and 3GS can be bypassed and how ContactCrypt provides a much needed increase in security to protect sensitive information on the device. The results show that ContactCrypt remains as the only security and encryption solution available for the iPhone which cannot be bypassed by known means.
iPhone Encryption Report
Latest Security News:
One in 63 Smartphones Infected by Mobile Spyware and Malware
July 29, 2009
Nearly one out of every 63 smartphones powered by the Symbian operating system is infected with some form of malware, according to a new study conducted by SMobile Systems – the leading provider of security solutions for mobile phones.
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