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Keep Your Cell & Smartphone Safe During Holidays How to Avoid Loss & Theft
This is a festive time of year with many trips. It is also the likeliest time when mobile devices are lost in transit. AVG, revealed 35 percent of laptops and 38 percent of mobile phones are lost or stolen while in transit. Unfortunately, 82 percent of lost or stolen devices are never recovere…
Sony Xperia Play News: Sony Xperia Play Will Play it Safe & Secure
The soon-to-be-released, from Verizon Wireless, Sony Xperia Play smartphone will not be affected by the recent Sony PlayStation data-security breach, reported Reuters. "Sony and Sony Ericsson data reside on different servers," the spokesman told reporters.PlayStation Suite, the mobile part of…
BlackBerry News: Security Warning – Disable JavaScript in BlackBerry Torch or BlackBerry OS 6.0+
Uh-oh! Hackers at CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest were able to exploit vulnerabilities in the BlackBerry Torch WebKit browser and steal information using JavaScript.Research in Motion is now urging BlackBerry users to disable JavaScript in the browsers of any BlackBerry running software version 6.0…
Holiday Smartphone Shopping/Safety Tips from Norton
The "Connected but Careless" study sponsored by Norton revealed that, despite repeated warnings about Internet threats, consumers are still somewhat cavalier and under-informed when it comes to Internet security, specifically in location-based services and mobile phone transactions.Letting the wor…
iPad eMail and iPad ICC-ID Exposure Breached Fixed by AT&T
A network security flaw exposed iPad users personal information reported Gawker, that exposed email addresses and ICC network IDs of over 114,000 iPad users. AT&T apologized and said it would inform customers who had been affected by the breach. AT&T has corrected the problem. Goatse Secur…
Cell Phone Interception Can Be Costly and Risky to Business, Says Cellcrypt
A Ponemon Institute and Cellcrypt study shows that making business cell phone calls can be an expensive risky business, especially if trade secrets are revealed during cell phone calls. There is a threat due to cell phone interception.The cellcrypt website reported that the codebook that unscr…
Free VIP Apps for Verizon 2Day: VeriSign Identity Protection 2-Factor Double Passwords
Verizon now offers the free data protection apps for VeriSign, VeriSign Identity Protection.VIP is a free application that transforms mobile devices into VIP authentication credentials that help customers protect their online data. VIP Access for Mobile displays a security code on a mobile phone tha…
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