ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

Lookout Mobile Security has identified hacked websites targeting Android devices, an attack vector previously only used to infect PCs with malware.

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Researchers at NQ Mobile, working alongside researchers at North Carolina State University, have discovered Android malware that is controlled via SMS that can do a number of things on the compromised device including recording calls and and surrounding noise.

We are at an interesting tipping point in terms of Internet access. We have just passed the point where there are more mobile devices on ...

Secret knowledge stored in the human memory remains the most widely used means of human-computer authentication.

Think of it as something you know, in contrast to biometrics (something you are) or hardware tokens (something you have). If that secret is to be something as simple as a four digit PIN, then it really is vital that it is as random as possible.

So, choose a PIN that cannot be easily related to you, and certainly not something that you might easily pick up from information in your wallet.

===> Better still, consider one of the newer forms of securing your mobile device and abandon those old-fashioned PINs!!! <===

More than 80pc of IT managers think enterprises with a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy have a competitive advantage over other organisations, research commissioned by BT suggests.

Security concerns come with BYOD
The survey shows there is a caveat to BYOD, however, and that pertains to security.

Thirty-nine per cent of enterprises have experienced a security breach due to employees bringing in unauthorised devices – most commonly in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and pharmaceuticals sectors, according to the survey.

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SecurEnvoy revealed details of its latest release that gives users full flexibility of the device they use, while ensuring complete security to the organization.

At the click of a button users can have their authentication token as an SMS on a mobile, an app on a smartphone or tablet, or a soft token on a laptop – with the ability to swap between devices at will.

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