After experiencing an 18-fold increase in mobile data traffic over the last 12 months, O2, one of the UK's five cellular carriers, has installed Crossbeam's X-Series security platform on its network. 02 February 2010
Many voice encryption products currently available are hackable through the use of a trojan being planted on the host PC, an IT security researcher has claimed. 27 January 2010
Infosecurity US magazine is excited to announce the 2010 virtual conference on endpoint security, to be held on February 25, 2010. This one-day event brings a series of topical keynote sessions direct to your computer, giving you the flexibility to learn about the latest information security trends and challenges from wherever you are in the world. 26 January 2010
Users of the Novatel MiFi 2352 are being recommended to reflash the firmware on the mobile broadband/WiFi units, as hackers have apparently discovered a way of gaining access to the GPS (global positioning system) co-ordinates on the device. 22 January 2010
Following on from our report earlier this month that anti-spam and malware specialist Cloudmark had reached a billion users of its technology worldwide, Infosecurity got a chance to chat with Chandra Tekwani, the firm's vice president of mobile operations. 20 January 2010
The recent cracks of the A5/1 and A5/3 encryption systems seen on GSM and 3G cellular networks has resulted in an unexpected surge in sales of encrypted mobile broadband data software. 19 January 2010
With the rapid ascendance of laptops, netbooks and smartphones, almost every organisation is having to adapt its IT security systems and procedures to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile workforce. 18 January 2010
Research just released claims to show that demand for mobile security technology is being driven by encryption in all its various forms. 14 January 2010
In a jaw-dropping piece of research, a trio of researchers have published a paper explaining how the A5/3 encryption system – which is being phased in on many 3G cellular networks around the world – can be cracked in less than two hours. 13 January 2010
After several years of vendors offering IT security applications for so-called mobile smartphones, it seems that the market's adoption of this technology is about to take off in the year ahead. 11 January 2010
Veteran IT security vendor F-Secure has released a new package designed to help users get their stolen mobile phones back. 06 January 2010
Fortify Software is warning that software crackers are likely to continue modifying relatively low-cost specific-application devices, such as e-readers, but that the potential security risks to companies are significant. 06 January 2010
Mobile hardware vendors and carriers alike will have been less than pleased to learn that a German security researcher has not only cracked the GSM A5/1 encryption standard, but posted the resulting multi-terabyte decoded tables to the internet. 30 December 2009
File-sharing could be the big cyberthreat in 2010, according to Kaspersky Lab’s 2010 Cyberthreat Forecast. 16 December 2009
A new online service - launched by IT security researcher Moxie Marlinspike - claims to crack vulnerable WiFi passwords in around 20 minutes, a process that would take a dual-core PC around 120 hours. 08 December 2009
The recent well-publicised worms affecting the Apple iPhone - Ikee and Ikee-B - have raised a stir in the mobile phone security arena, but, says ESET, the IT security vendor, many observers have failed to realise the real problem with mobile phone security - users. 07 December 2009
A report out today claims to show that 92% of UK organisations are failing to fully secure their mobile data. 01 December 2009
News that the author of the first iPhone worm - Ikee - which hit tens of thousands of Australian iPhone users a few weeks ago - has been met with consternation by the IT security industry. 27 November 2009
Hard on the heels of an apparent `proof of concept' worm for the Apple iPhone that loaded a picture of Rick Astley onto users' mobile phones, a new and more serious virus has appeared. 23 November 2009
In what some communication security experts are calling a classic data theft resulting from one or more rogue employees, T-Mobile has admitted its staff sold private details of customers to a third party for use when selling mobile phone deals. 18 November 2009
Understanding what goes on at the various secret service divisions such as MI5 and MI6, as well as GCHQ, has been helped with the news that Qosmos, a network intelligence specialist, will unveil an LI (lawful interception) edition of its ixMachine at Milipol in Paris next week. 11 November 2009
Panda Security has launched itself into the increasingly busy cloud computing security marketplace with a free desktop application - Panda Cloud Antivirus. 10 November 2009
It's taken a while, but the first real iPhone worm has appeared, although its payload appears to be relatively benign - unless that is, you dislike Rick Astley, the 1980s pop star from Newton le-Willows in Lancashire. 09 November 2009
Voice Commerce, the IT / financial service group founded by veteran IT entrepreneur Nick Ogden, has implemented an API (application programming interface) for its voice authentication biometric technology. 09 November 2009
Cellular specialist Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has unveiled a memory card for Android mobile phones that is claimed to make applications running on the host Android-compliant handset ultra-secure. 04 November 2009
DeviceLock, a provider of endpoint data loss prevention software solutions, has said that version 6.4.1 of its DeviceLock software delivers “highly granular, interface-independent control over local data synchronisations” between iPhone, iPod touch mobile devices and corporate endpoint computers. 04 November 2009
The ability of the latest BlackBerry series of mobile phones to create a secondary remote eavesdropping voice stream has reached the headlines again, with the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issuing a warning about a new application called PhoneSnoop. 28 October 2009
Mozilla has revealed it working with third-party software developers on an email prioritisation technology that analyses a users various internet plus email accounts and makes intelligent decisions on how far up the message queue to present them to internet users. 23 October 2009
The WiFi Alliance is putting the finishing touches to a peer-to-peer version of its popular WiFi standards. Known as WiFi Direct, the proposed standard allows WiFI devices to link directly to each other, without the need for a router or access point, something which poses a potentially serious security threat to companies with WiFi networks, according to Fortify. 22 October 2009
Speaking with Infosecurity at the RSA Europe conference in London, Professor Howard Schmidt, the president of the Information Security Forum (ISF) said that mobile phones - rather than other high-profile platforms such as cloud computing - are the likely source of the next generation of security threats facing companies. 21 October 2009
Users of the US global positioning system (GPS) in Europe now have access to an enhanced-accuracy service provided by the European Union. 02 October 2009
Vodafone has revealed it is developing a secure and encrypted data / password vault for smartphones. Known as Keeper Mobile, the encryption technology will be released by the mobile carrier's operations worldwide by the end of the year. 29 September 2009
After beta testing the service amongst a select number of its users since the start of the year, Paypal has rolled out a text message security check system for its electronic cash and payment service. 23 September 2009
US government officials are reported to be watching India with interest, where the government has taken the major national security step of recommending a ban on international internet telephony until a system to trace the calls is in place. 18 September 2009
The economic recession has driven some companies into the arms of industrial espionage. This is why the organisers of the DeepSec 2009 conference - scheduled to take place 17-20 November this year in Vienna, Austria - have dedicated much of the IT security event to the topic. 18 September 2009
ScanSafe, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) web security specialist, has landed a prestigious deal with Orange Business Services, the corporate operations division of Orange, the telecommunication service provider. 17 September 2009
Nokia has taken a pro-active stance towards the white hat hackers and code crackers that are developing add-ins and - sometimes - wholesale replacements for the firmware of the latest generation of smartphones. 15 September 2009
Gemalto, the French digital security firm, has acquired Trusted Logic, a provider of security software for mobile devices. 14 September 2009
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An Edinburgh-based company has developed a relatively low-cost security tag that alerts users when a linked mobile phone moves more than 25 metres away. The Bluetooth-enabled keyring tab - known as Nio - comes with its own USB-rechargeable battery and sells for around £40. 11 September 2009
After four years in gestation, the Home Gateway (HG) - an intelligent broadband/networking interface device designed to act as a hub for homes and small offices - is reaching fruition. 10 September 2009
O2 - as well as BT subsidiary internet service provider Plusnet - have both responded to a potential XSS security flaw identified in the Thomson TG565 and TG565n wireless broadband routers they issue to their internet users. 07 September 2009
As the recession continues to chew into budgets, and cybercriminals see increased opportunity for looting, CISOs need to ensure that their information security defences remain strong but affordable. Find out more for free! 07 September 2009
The problem of cross-site scripting (XSS) security flaws - which have affected hundreds of websites this year - has spread to broadband routers, as a security researcher claims that the Thomson wireless box III supplied by O2 leaves internet users "wide open" to the issue. 04 September 2009
With the recent scares about the swine flu, more and more businesses feel the need to plan for a pandemic, but are their security and IT up to the challenge? 04 September 2009
Illegal files-sharers could see their internet connection cut under amendments proposed by the UK government to the section on how to deal with illegal file-sharing in the forthcoming Digital Britain Bill. 25 August 2009
Motorola has taken the wraps off a remote wireless security testing package that the company says can pro-actively assess the security posture of wireless networks. 21 August 2009
In what security experts are calling 'the largest ever identity theft case in modern history', a US man has been charged with stealing data relating to 130 million payment cards. 19 August 2009
Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind the popular BlackBerry email-enabled smartphone, has released a major update to its smart card reader for the BlackBerry range. 19 August 2009
Contrary to the views of many of his colleagues in the IT industry, Rich Cannings, Google's Android security leader, thinks that smartphones are now a primary target for malware and hacker attacks. 17 August 2009
The recent launch of nine high-specification mobile phones that use the Mobile Linux operating system (Limo) will add fuel to an already overheated market. 17 August 2009
Applications on the Apple iTunes website are arguably what makes the iPhone so popular in mobile phone circles, but a growing number of users are unlocking (jailbreaking) their iPhones, for the simple reason that it opens up the mobile to third-party applications. This means the iPod and iPhone could be used for hacking. 12 August 2009
A partnership between two communications companies, designed to allow mobile phone users in Saudi Arabia to have access to improved mobile phone security, has already uncovered a new and potentially virulent piece of smartphone malware. 10 August 2009
A study just released by ABI Research predicts a period of healthy growth for managed wireless security solutions, with growth averaging 27% a year for the period 2008 to 2014. 06 August 2009
Researchers with Radware were busy over the weekend showing a Defcon audience how a classic man-in-the-middle attack could be engineered when notebook computers attempt to seek out updates for their software across public access WiFi networks. 04 August 2009
The programme for Infosecurity Magazine’s Virtual Conference on Information Security 2009 is now available with an exciting line-up of speakers from the IT security industry. 03 August 2009
You could never describe the Apple iPhone as totally secure, given the number of jailbreaks that crackers have developed to unlock the popular handset from its partner networks, but researchers at the Black Hat security conference are scheduled to reveal a serious chink in the mobile's armour today. 30 July 2009
Jonathan Zdziarski, a data forensics specialist, has come up with a novel way of explaining iPhone security flaws by posting how-to videos on the YouTube video portal. 28 July 2009
RSA, the security division of EMC, has unveiled SecurID Software Token for iPhone Devices which it claims allows the Apple cellular handset to be used an RSA SecurID authenticator. 28 July 2009
Fortify Software, the application vulnerability analysis firm, says that the recent faux pas by the Symbian Foundation - in which the foundation effectively `signed' a malicious application for release on its software referencing service - is an indicator of further slip-ups on the mobile malware front in the future. 22 July 2009
Panda Software has confirmed its Cloud AntiVirus software will be launched in the second quarter of next year. And the good news for Cloud Computing users is that it is now available in beta test and is free to all users. 22 July 2009
The UK's first mobile phone directory - which went live on the web and over the phone earlier in July - has been taken offline, just days after it went live amidst a fanfare of publicity. 21 July 2009
Police in Australia have taken to the streets to detect unsecured WiFi access point - and then visiting the companies/home owners of the sites to give them information security advice. 21 July 2009
A mobile phone worm called Sexy Space has been spotted by Trend Micro and is the first, the IT security vendor says, to spread itself by spamming text (SMS) messages. 20 July 2009
Research commissioned by DeviceLock, the end point security company, claims to show that many firms are failing to act on the information security risks that the Apple iPhone poses to their IT resources. 15 July 2009
Check Point Software Technologies has released a new suite of end point software - R72 - to its range of software-based security offerings. 14 July 2009
A signature update for McAfee's security software, released late last week, has been causing problems for Windows users around the world and particularly for users of O2's mobile broadband service, Infosecurity can reveal. 07 July 2009
Anywhere and anytime working is a Godsend for most business people, but it's also a potential technical nightmare for IT security managers in major enterprises. 07 July 2009
Owners of iPod Touch handheld computers will have to pay for the critical updates Apple issued last week to correct 46 holes in its software. 24 June 2009
Users of Microsoft's Optical 1000 and 2000 keyboards should now take extreme care what data they enter using their wireless keyboards, as Dreamlab has taken the unusual step of publishing a 49 page presentation on how to `sniff' any keystrokes out of the ether. 18 June 2009
LockLizard investigates the best approaches to document security depending on what clients want to achieve, in its white paper Document Security - a Guide to Securing Your Documents. 15 June 2009
British security and risk management specialist, Brookcourt Solutions, looks at how to secure high-privilege system access management in the white paper Turning the Spotlight on IT’s Dirty Little Secret: Securing the Common Point of Failure in IT Risk Controls. 11 June 2009
Lumension looks at the information security risks with USB devices – and how to overcome them – in its latest white paper Portable Panic: Evolution of USB Insecurity. 09 June 2009
Panda Security has uploaded the first beta test of its next-generation IT security suite, Global Protection 2010, to its website. 27 May 2009
Hard on the heels of unveiling Cloud Cube, its four-dimensional best practice model for cloud computing security in April, security industry association the Jericho Forum has linked with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit vendor group. 27 May 2009
Phil Zimmerman, the founder of PGP - and inventor of the Pretty Good Privacy technology after which the firm is named - will be speaking about voice over internet protocol (VOIP) security at the ITWeb Security Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa next week. 20 May 2009
Data-stealing malware that can evade current security systems could cause serious harm to an enterprise. Trend Micro’s eBook ‘Outthink the Threat’ offers information on data-stealing malware and how to fight it. 19 May 2009
With an increasingly complex legislative and regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance can be difficult. Overtis Systems’ white paper ‘Realising Compliance’ shows how its integrated protection solution VigilancePro™2 can make the task easier. 11 May 2009
The recent outbreak of swine flu has thrown up a number of topics related to information security ranging from secure sharing of data between health professionals, to spam / phishing and issues around remote working. 11 May 2009
Peter Wood, chief of operations with First Base Technologies, the penetration testing specialist, and a member of the ISACA conference committee, has uncovered a structural security flaw with the internet that is not easily fixable. 29 April 2009
The issue of spam is a major concern for vendors and attendees at the show. And, while internet service providers (ISPs) are doing their bit in shutting down the accounts of spammers in real time, it`s only the fixed line ISPs that have this luxury. 29 April 2009
The guys on the Blackberry stand at the Infosecurity Europe show weren't willing to talk specifically about it, but it looks like the White House has taken delivery of a custom Blackberry smartphone for President Obama. 28 April 2009
Predictions made by Professor Peter Sommer, a leading IT forensics specialist, in a Check Point-sponsored Infosecurity webinar earlier this week, have become reality with the release of a report at a conference in Prague. 23 April 2009
In his keynote at RSA in San Francisco, Symantec CEO Enrique Salem called for a significant shift in the way vendors and end-users approach information security. Change, said Salem, is needed to fight the current targeted threat landscape. 22 April 2009
Director of NSA, Lieutenant General Keith B Alexander, congratulated the information security industry on its excellent work in his keynote address to RSA conference attendees in San Francisco on 21 April 2009. 21 April 2009
Infosecurity is proud to announce that Professor Peter Sommer, a leading forensic and IT security specialist, will be participating in the Check Point Software Technologies-sponsored webinar, which takes place at 2:30pm UK time (3:30 CET) on Tuesday, April 21. 17 April 2009
Security provider, Symantec, found that malicious code activity continued to grow at a record pace throughout 2008, with the most prominent target being confidential information, according to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIV. 15 April 2009
Although almost half of UK business workers are required to access sensitive company data on a daily basis, one in three organisations lack the required mobile security, according to information security specialist SafeNet. 08 April 2009
Infosecurity magazine are now on Twitter. Please ‘follow’ us to receive our latest news, views and industry comments. 08 April 2009
Samsung, a name better known for its PC and mobile phone offerings, has signed veteran value-added distributor Wick Hill to handle its IT security products in the UK. 07 April 2009
Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are underestimating the security danger posed by their employees, especially in light of the current recession, according to network security software developer, GFI. 31 March 2009
A survey of commuters by data protection company, Credant Technologies, has reported that 80% of mobile phone users store information on their devices that could be used to steal their identities. 19 March 2009
This year's CanSecWest, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, opened on Wednesday, with the main focus of the cracking contest being on mobile phones. 19 March 2009
Against a backdrop of the increasing use of internet telephony (aka voice over IP) by criminals as a way of avoiding wiretaps, the European Union has thrown its weight behind research into how to monitor internet telephony calls on a cost-effective basis. 23 February 2009
Trend Micro, which claims to be the 'number three' IT security software vendor worldwide, has unveiled a new family of applications designed to run on networking routers, rather than computers. 18 February 2009
A major European study commissioned by Adobe and carried out by Forrester Research shows that `knowledge workers' within European organisations are far less keen on collaborating with each other using Web 2.0 and other advanced internet technologies than was previously thought. 10 February 2009
Cisco continued its diversification away from its mainstream networking roots this week with the release of a range of security, storage and unified communications offerings for small businesses. 30 January 2009
If you've had a high company phone bill recently, spare a thought for Martin & Hillyer, a law firm in Burlington, Ontario. 29 January 2009
Executive Alliance, provider of premium leadership recognition forums worldwide, has announced the winners of the Information Security Executive (ISE) and Project of the Year United Kingdom and Ireland Awards for 2008. 24 October 2008
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