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Mobile Security Takes a Front Row Seat at MWC

  • Frederic Lardinois
  • Posted on March 1, 2012

Not too long ago, nobody really worried too much about mobile security. The worst thing that could really happen to your data on your phone, most people thought, was that you would lose the physical device and somebody could make calls or browse your address book. Today, however, with the proliferation of mobile malware that…

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Good News/Bad News: Spam is Down, Malware is Up

  • Frederic Lardinois
  • Posted on February 21, 2012

Thanks to better spam filtering techniques, most of us probably don’t see too many ads for “herbal Viagra” and similar concoctions in our inboxes these days, but that doesn’t mean spam isn’t still a big business. According to the latest Threats Report by Intel’s online security firm McAfee (PDF), the overall amount of spam went…

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The Android Market Gets a Bouncer to Keep Malware Out

  • Frederic Lardinois
  • Posted on February 2, 2012

Google just announced that it has added a new layer of security to the Android market to keep malicious software out of the store. Android's generally open structure and the fact that the Android Market doesn't employ the same kind of restrictive policies that Apple put in place for its store mean that it's relatively…

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