You would be surprised at the number of places you can find a GSM SIM card. Outside of your mobile phone, they can be found in power meters, water meters, vending machines, etc. These SIM cards (virtually identical to the one in your mobile phone) are used for machine-to-machine communication. Essentially all of these devices need Read more…
Google just announced its new near field communication payment service, Google Wallet. We’ve looked at Google’s NFC service and security before, but at that time the details were still scarce. Now we’ve gotten a better look at what lies within Google Wallet. It’s part service, part hardware, and part app. The Service Google Wallet is a variation Read more…
Tags: Android, mobile devices and security threats, near field communication, NFC
The 27th Chaos Communications Congress (27C3), a computer security conference held in Berlin, has offered several good mobile and embedded security talks in the past few days. SMS-based vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities in mobile phone radios, and laptop rootkits that infect peripheral chips instead of the main CPU were among some of the new research presented. Day 1 Read more…
Tags: Android, iphone, mobile devices and security threats, mobile security
Jailbreaking your iOS device used to simply be about gaining some freedom–getting root access, installing native apps, and adding or modifying themes. The worst that could happen would be running into a slightly malicious installation package. Then we met the OSX/RRoll family of worms that actively went after jailbroken devices. Part of the risk came from insecure defaults Read more…
Tags: exploit, iphone, mobile devices and security threats, mobile security, vulnerability
Yesterday, at the Web 2.0 Summit, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt presented the Nexus S. This wasn’t just about a new phone, he also talked about how Gingerbread (Android OS Version 2.3) would have support for NFC (Near Field Communications) built in. In light of the mobile-phone hotel-key (NFC-based) trial going on at the Clarion hotel in Read more…
Tags: Android, Mobile, mobile devices and security threats, mobile security, NFC, Web 2.0
If you are like me, there are times when you will misplace your hotel key. Times when you’re switching a bucket of ice between hands while searching your pockets or bag. Wondering if you’ve left the key in your room or possibly the lobby. Thinking “I’ve always got my phone on me, wouldn’t it be Read more…
Tags: malware, Mobile, mobile devices and security threats, mobile security, NFC
As mobile Internet usage continues its rapid growth, cyber criminals are expected to pay more attention to this sector. Mobile device platforms compete for content creators’ latest innovations, which often require more and more device access. As applications and other content are more widely distributed, security breaches will be inevitable. The speed of technological advancement Read more…
Tags: mobile devices and security threats, mobile identity security, mobile phone spyware, personal information over mobile phones, proactive identity surveillance
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