There's a worrying trend amongst businesses who haven't yet been through some kind of IT related security issue. It's human nature to think bad things only happ...
Windows smartphones safe from virus attacks - for now
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Fewer users make it less of a target
It has long been a criticism of the Windows range of smartphones that there exists fewer apps overall than its larger competitors, let alone ant-virus/security software. Yet this currently being turned on its head by the argument that - as of now - no viruses have been identified which target the platform.
In fact the largest threat to them currently are fake alerts and scams which scare users into revealing personal info - phishing attacks - sent via email in the same way these are sent as ordinary emails to other systems.
The surprising top 10 ways a virus gets into your smartphone
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Reckon you know all the ways your handset can become infected? Think again...
You may think you're playing things safe by mostly only using your phone to make calls, but is that really the case? Your smartphone is now as powerful - and as connected - as your desktop PC. Too many people fall into the trap of thinking its smaller physical size somehow means its less important to think about securing.
If anything, your smartphone contains more sensitive content than your PC, such as your bank details, family photos, calendar etc. If all this data was written in a book, you'd definitley not want prying eyes anywhere near it. However - if that were the case, you'd at least know there's only one way someone could obtain the information, and that's by opening it and reading through it. In your smartphones' case, one single way in is most definitely not the case, so let's look at the top 10 tricks the bad guys use to infect your handset.
Android 'Infrared X-Ray' steals contacts and blackmails users
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Spams users contacts
Symantec is warning of an app claiming to allow users to see through clothing which in fact contains malware. The app will trawl through the users address book and spam the victims contacts via SMS. Symantec warn:
While the contact data is being stolen and sent to the malware author, the new variants also download and display registration details for a website hosting adult content. The app no longer attempts to turn the camera on like it did previously. Instead, it displays a splash screen for a second or two before displaying a message stating that registration has completed and the victim is asked pay 29,000 yen for the “service”.
To make things even harder, the app removes itself from the launcher once it has completed a run.
F-Secure warned that malware authors are developing more sophisticated attack techniques for mobile devices, using encryption and randomization or hiding malicious code in image files. Malware also was discovered on bootleg copies of the Angry Bird game, the firm said.
