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Ashley Tan

iTunes customers reportedly under threat from digital thieves | iPhone Atlas - CNET Rev... - 1 views

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shared by Ashley Tan on 10 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Ashley Tan on 10 Feb 12
     
    Check our iTunes accounts!
yeuann

Youth flock to mobile messaging apps, may be threat to Facebook - 0 views

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shared by yeuann on 01 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Combining elements of text messaging and social networking, the apps provide a quick-fire way for smartphone users to trade everything from brief texts to flirtatious pictures to YouTube clips - bypassing both the SMS plans offered by wireless carriers and established social networks originally designed as websites.
  • yeuann on 01 Apr 13
     
    Like chunky glasses, messaging is coming back in vogue again as the next social networking platform. 
bernard tan

Protect your smartphone - 0 views

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shared by bernard tan on 11 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • If you have ever entertained that seemingly laughable thought of installing anti-virus software on your mobile phone, you are not alone.
  • A few months ago, Kaspersky Labs discovered two Trojan-SMS malware that masqueraded as media player apps for Android devices. Once installed, the malware can send premium SMSes costing US$6 ($7.70) each without the user's knowledge.
  • the money is still on computers, and cyber criminals follow the trail of money. The increasing number of people using smartphones is a factor, but not a big one yet. There are some banking services on mobile platforms, but the majority of consumers still use computers to access banking services
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  • According to Kaspersky, closed platforms (iPhone, BlackBerry and the old Symbian) are more secure while open platforms (Android, Windows Mobile 6 Series and the new Symbian) are less so. This, Kaspersky explains, is because the level of security is inversely proportionate to the ease with which developers can build apps on it.
  • "The more secure a system is, the harder it is for development - both for the good guys and the bad guys," he said.
  • security and ease of app development are two sides of the same coin that have to be finely balanced in order for a mobile platform to succeed.
  • iPhone users face exactly the same problems, but unfortunately, Apple has a very strict regulation on the apps industry, and the SDK it gives to software companies doesn't let us develop what we need. (Thanks to Apple's efforts policing the platform) iPhone users face maybe fewer virus problems, but the threat with confidential data is still there - and it only takes one threat. Android may face more viruses, but at the same time, there will also be more solutions from us and our competitors
  • bernard tan on 11 Nov 10
     
    Open source and Closed source mobile platform faces security issue. An open source platform may be more prone to malwares and viruses. Some factors we should consider in our context here in education to protecting confidential contents and issues while considering developing apps. for example we could risk all of our contacts information being stolen and end up being sold to some advertising spamming companies who spam you daily or watches your daily activities.
  • bernard tan on 11 Nov 10
     
    I used to think open source platform was very good for development but now you can have different view if you think like a hacker. It will take at least a year or more before mobile security catch up.
yeuann

Twitter's Killer New Two-Factor Solution Kicks SMS to the Curb | Threat Level | Wired.com - 0 views

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  • yeuann on 07 Aug 13
     
    A simple and elegant method for authenticating users on a system without relying on third-parties or SMS
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