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May 11, 2011 11 May'11
IT professionals leave sensitive data on mobile devices unprotected

A survey of IT professionals reveals a worrying trend that leaves large numbers of organisations prime targets for data thieves.
April 26, 2011 26 Apr'11
Mobile is a top threat to business but security is lagging, says Sophos

Mobile devices are one of the biggest security threats and challenges to organisations, says security firm Sophos.
April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11
Targeted cyber attacks set to grow in 2011, says Symantec

Targeted attacks, social networking threats, mobile device security and the use of attack toolkits are top trends to watch in 2011, says IT management firm Symantec.
March 11, 2011 11 Mar'11
Tech companies assess Japanese tsunami damage

The earthquake which hit northern Japan and measured 8.9 on the Richter scale has brought down mobile networks and damaged major semiconductor and chip manufacturers in the region.

March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11
Light MS Patch Tuesday, but mobile security could pile on the pressure

Microsoft is expected to release only three security bulletins in their monthly Patch Tuesday security update on 8 March, according to the latest advance notification.
March 03, 2011 03 Mar'11
What lessons can be learned from the Vodafone UK network outage?

After a burglary caused a Vodafone UK network outage, Jenny Williams assesses the business impact of mobile infrastructure
March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11
User's guide to protecting against Google Android app Trojans

Malware targeting the Android mobile computing platform is increasing, according to the Symantec official blog.
February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11
Dell rolls out services for enterprise mobility

Dell has introduced a portfolio of services to help businesses manage mobile devices and an increasingly mobile workforce.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering.
January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11
IT managers will have to support up to eight mobile platforms

IT managers will have to support up to eight mobile platforms within their organisations by the end of the year...

November 23, 2010 23 Nov'10
SAP prioritises security and looks to greater cross-industry collaboration

Security is a top priority for SAP, particular as business applications become increasingly on-device and mobile, says co-chief executive Jim Hagemann Snabe.

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October 20, 2010 20 Oct'10
Italy is chief source of mobile cyber attacks, says Akamai

Most cyber attacks in the second quarter came from Europe, with Italy the source of most mobile-based attacks, says online content distributor Akamai.

Akamai's...
September 16, 2010 16 Sep'10
Businesses not taking mobile security seriously, says Vodafone

Most businesses are failing to take security on smartphones as seriously as they do on laptops, says Howard Clegg, head of solution sales, Vodafone UK.

"It...
August 13, 2010 13 Aug'10
Businesses not well prepared to protect data on mobile devices

Theft, removal or loss of information and disclosure of private or confidential information are the top information security threats facing organisations, a survey has revealed.
July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10
Black Hat: GSM hacking tools now available

Security researcher Karsten Nohl has unveiled a suite of tools at the Black Hat hacker convention that hackers can use to listen to GSM mobile phone calls.
June 24, 2010 24 Jun'10
NCP targets barriers to enterprise mobility

Concern about the security of public internet access is still preventing many businesses giving mobile access to company data, says secure connection software...
June 15, 2010 15 Jun'10
Business Link Northwest set to encrypt all data

Business Link Northwest has rolled out full disc encryption and media encryption systems to secure confidential data on all its office and mobile computers.
May 07, 2010 07 May'10
ICO in talks with Barclays over weak mobile banking security

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is in talks with Barclays Bank about the security set-up of its mobile banking service.
April 30, 2010 30 Apr'10
Video: Study predicts end of the office, death of the desk

The end of the company office is in sight, as the recession, mobile technology and the emergence of a generation brought up on social networking come together, a major study by Microsoft predicts
April 28, 2010 28 Apr'10
Simple security questions expose details of Barclays' mobile customers

The personal information of millions of people is potentially at risk of exposure on Barclays bank mobile banking site.
April 28, 2010 28 Apr'10
More companies to ‘mobilise’ data

More and more companies will let staff use their own mobiles to send and receive company data because the cost of doing otherwise is too high, says an industry...
April 15, 2010 15 Apr'10
Data protection is a three-part strategy for City of London Police

Safeguarding against the unauthorised copying and transmission of data using mobile devices is a high priority for the City of London Police.
February 26, 2010 26 Feb'10
Privacy considerations for location-based services

Location-aware mobile applications and services are on the increase. With growing reach and appeal, they are no longer just about personal navigation.
November 18, 2009 18 Nov'09
T-Mobile staff sold customer data

The personal data of thousands of mobile phone users has been sold by staff at one of the UK's major mobile phone firms.
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Cancer all-clear on mobile phones may be based on dodgy data

Mobile phones don't definitely cause cancer, but the research that leads to that conclusion may be flawed, say researchers who have gone through 23 controlled...
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Australia bank eyes three-factor authentication

National Australia Bank has announced it is considering three-factor authentication for internet and mobile phone banking.
June 19, 2009 19 Jun'09
Mobile video driving boom in IP traffic

Mobile data traffic predicted to more or less double each year from 2008 to 2013, increasing 66 times between 2008 and 2013
June 09, 2009 09 Jun'09
T-Mobile investigates hacking claim

T-Mobile USA is investigating a claim that a hacker has broken into its databases and stolen customer and company information.

The claim...
April 27, 2009 27 Apr'09
SMBs failing with mobile device IT security

USB sticks regarded as biggest source of threat as low percentage of smartphones, netbooks and laptops screened
March 18, 2009 18 Mar'09
Police National Computer to be linked to mobile register

The Police National Computer will be linked to the National Mobile Phone Register to help officers find out whether phones have been stolen.
February 12, 2009 12 Feb'09
Mitie cuts costs with Codegate mobile system

Outsourcing firm Mitie is increasing the volume of pest control jobs it can handle by 20% with an end-to-end mobile solution from Codegate. The Codegate...
February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09
Twittering US politician endangers lives in Baghdad

A high ranking member of the US House Intelligence Committee used the Twitter mobile blogging service to reveal his "secret" congressional visit to Iraq.
February 05, 2009 05 Feb'09
Recession, facebook, and mobile media threaten security

Information security at financial services companies is at risk because the recession is distracting and upsetting staff, and new...
December 10, 2008 10 Dec'08
EC commits €55m to protect kids from online abuse

The Safer Internet programme will fight grooming and bullying by making online software and mobile technologies more sophisticated and secure
November 17, 2008 17 Nov'08
F-Secure enhances mobile security offering with remote phone locking

F-Secure has added data protection technology to its mobile security software system to protect information held on stolen smartphones.
November 13, 2008 13 Nov'08
Ministry of Justice fails to find provider for prison mobile phone detection system

The Ministry of Justice has failed to find a suitable bidder for the provision of mobile phone detection equipment in prisons.
October 20, 2008 20 Oct'08
Government considering national mobile user register

No decision has been made about requiring everyone who buys a mobile phone to register their identity on a national database, says the Home Office.

Government...
September 29, 2008 29 Sep'08
More than 20% of second-hand phones contain sensitive data

Research reveals that more than 20% of second-hand mobiles and other mobile gadgets still contain sensitive information.
September 08, 2008 08 Sep'08
M&S accused of obtaining whistleblower's mobile phone records

Update... Marks & Spencer's internal audit department had access to the private mobile phone records of the...
August 26, 2008 26 Aug'08
Personal details of more than one million bank customers exposed

The personal bank details of more than one million people have been found on a computer sold on eBay last week. The data included bank account information, mobile phone numbers, dates of birth, e-mail addresses and signatures of customers of the ...
August 12, 2008 12 Aug'08
Polish researcher breaks Nokia and mobile Java security

Security holes in the Java software used in the Nokia S40 handset could let hackers take control of the phone, a security researcher has claimed.
June 12, 2008 12 Jun'08
Enterprise use of iPhone 3G raises iTunes security concerns

Businesses will need to assess how they support the iPhone in their enterprise IT strategy now that Apple has developed the iPhone 3G as a mobile platform...
June 04, 2008 04 Jun'08
Microsoft survey warns RSI rising because of mobile working

IT workers are suffering an increasing number of cases of repetitive strain injury because of the increase in mobile working.
April 24, 2008 24 Apr'08
Two thirds of Britons say they have been victims of mobile spam

Research commissioned by messaging security firm Cloudmark shows 66% of UK mobile phone users have received spam text messages.
February 11, 2008 11 Feb'08
Data security fears increase among mobile phone users

Mobile phone users are increasingly worried that PC-based information security risks are threatening their phones, leaving network operators with a choice: protect customers against malware and other threats or lose their business.
December 14, 2007 14 Dec'07
Go mobile for new business, banks told

Banks can expand business and hold off competition through cross-border money-transfer services supported by mobile phones, according to analyst firm Gartner.
December 13, 2007 13 Dec'07
Retail banks can expand through mobile transfer, says Gartner

Retail banks can expand their businesses and hold off new competition through cross border money transfer services (MTSs) supported by mobile phones, according to analyst firm Gartner.
November 21, 2007 21 Nov'07
Bucks and Milton Keynes Fire & Rescue adopts mobile e-document system

In a three-year, six-figure deal, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire and Rescue Service will use Consilium Technologies' TotalMobile system to produce electronic forms that can be completed with handheld devices.
November 19, 2007 19 Nov'07
Alcatel-Lucent completes Long Term Evolution trials

Alcatel-Lucent and LG Electronics have completed Long Term Evolution (LTE) test calls using Alcatel-Lucent's LTE system and mobile device prototypes from LG. 3GPP LTE technology is being designed to provide higher data transfer speeds using less ...
November 15, 2007 15 Nov'07
iPhone unfit for corporate e-mail, Gartner says

Experts believe that Apple's iPhone, released in the UK and Germany on 9 November, is not secure enough to access corporate e-mail systems - a sentiment endorsed by O2, the sole British mobile telephone network providing the device.
November 07, 2007 07 Nov'07
Google announces mobile phone strategy

Google has finally announced its mobile phone strategy and it is not a new phone.
November 05, 2007 05 Nov'07
8,500 mobile devices a year lost at airports

Businesses are undermining their network security according to a survey from IT security firm Safenet, which reported that some 8,500 mobile devices are left at airports.
November 02, 2007 02 Nov'07
Companies' data is vulnerable to insecure road warriors - study

British firms are vulnerable to data leakage from insecure mobile workers, according to research from Dimension Data.
October 30, 2007 30 Oct'07
UK companies have weak mobile security policy, says survey

Over a third (35%) of UK workers who use computers say IT security is left up to them when they are outside the workplace, according to research by YouGov.
October 23, 2007 23 Oct'07
Mobile security top concern, but policy isn't enforced

Mobile security topped the mobility issues companies face, but results of a survey found many organisations are not putting security measures and policies in place.
October 12, 2007 12 Oct'07
Corporate desktop users still the biggest security headache

Despite increased mobile working and IT outsourcing, firms fear network security threats via staff desktops the most.
September 24, 2007 24 Sep'07
Weetabix rolls out wireless labelling plan

Food firm Weetabix has deployed a mobile barcode-labelling system at its four UK food manufacturing sites to help it comply with food labelling and traceability legislation.
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Never-ending public concert celebrates mobile's 20th

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September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Lloyds TSB to issue text warnings on overdrafts

Lloyds TSB is introducing a new mobile text service which will alert current account customers if they are nearly reaching or going over their overdraft limit.
September 12, 2007 12 Sep'07
Ministry of Defence signs Blackberry deal

The Ministry of Defence has approved a secure Blackberry mobile data system supplied by BT.
September 06, 2007 06 Sep'07
Mobile payment system for utility bills launched

A mobile texting service to pay bills has been launched by a partnership between Telrock Communications and cash and internet payments firm PayPoint.
September 04, 2007 04 Sep'07
Pre-paid payment card fraud on the up, says Retail Decisions

Attempted fraud on pre-paid payment cards rose 50% in 2006, with mobile network owners increasingly at risk, according to Retail Decisions, a payment card issuer, processor and fraud prevention firm.
August 31, 2007 31 Aug'07
Mobile workers shirking security responsibilities

As mobilisation increases, the security risks increase as a result of unsafe and sometimes reckless end-user behaviour
August 24, 2007 24 Aug'07
Mobile delivers wins for Whitbread

Case study: when Whitbread Food Logistics wanted to streamline its operations, it turned to a set of mobile applications to connect delivery workers to business data
August 22, 2007 22 Aug'07
Most mobile employees uninterested in mobile security

Most employees with mobile data access are uninterested in security, says a study of 700 users.
July 31, 2007 31 Jul'07
How tabloids could hack Prince Charles' mobile phone

Computer Weekly can reveal how a tabloid newspaper might have hacked into Prince Charles' mobile phone. The same system could be used to steal corporate information, according to security expert Matt Lambert.
July 25, 2007 25 Jul'07
Eden Project launches paperless ticketing system

The Eden Project in Cornwall has launched what is believed to be the UK's first paperless ticketing system based on mobile phones from start to finish.
July 08, 2007 08 Jul'07
Symantec releases version 5.0 of Mobile Security Suite

Symantec has integrated a personal firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam and data encrytption in the latest release of its Mobile Security Suite. Symantec said version 5.0, a has been designed to provide mobile users with the same security and data ...
July 01, 2007 01 Jul'07
Vodafone rolls out secure remote access service for firms

Vodafone has introduced Vodafone Secure Remote Access to help firms deliver secure mobile connectivity to their staff over any access network.
June 28, 2007 28 Jun'07
Westminster council scraps parking meters for mobile payment system

Parking meters in central London are being axed in favour of a mobile-phone texting payment scheme.
June 27, 2007 27 Jun'07
Contactless card trial gets wide approval

Mastercard Worldwide has announced the results of a trial of its mobile phone embedded payment card.
June 27, 2007 27 Jun'07
Mobile applications boost productivity, says analysts

Rich mobile applications have the potential to change how users interface with enterprises' applications according to Burton Group analysts
June 25, 2007 25 Jun'07
Spanish police arrest suspected mobile phone virus writer

Spanish police have arrested a man suspected of writing and distributing mobile phone viruses.
June 21, 2007 21 Jun'07
Mobile deployment implementation considerations

Mobile deployments require a lot of pre-planning and consideration. If you've found a business case for a mobile deployment, use these steps on how to implement, manage, and secure.
June 13, 2007 13 Jun'07
Users offered free mobile security platform

Mobile users are being offered a free mobile security system by AVG.
June 07, 2007 07 Jun'07
Set strict policies for mobile workers, says SurfControl

IT directors need to set strict policies for mobile workers or risk opening up their corporate data to malicious hackers as laptop users are oblivious to the risks of insecure networks.
May 30, 2007 30 May'07
Windows Mobile to capture mobile market through apps support

Microsoft Windows Mobile is poised to win large enterprise mobile customers from Blackberry and Symbian platforms, says consulting firm BRC.
May 22, 2007 22 May'07
Two-thirds of businesses lack mobile integration plans

Almost two-thirds of businesses have no long-term mobile integration strategy in place, with the majority of firms adopting wireless technologies on an ad-hoc basis.
May 01, 2007 01 May'07
Domino's Pizza clamps down on mobile device use

Domino's Pizza is attempting to combat the IT threat from internal users by controlling the use of mobile devices.
April 12, 2007 12 Apr'07
HP bundles encryption security in mobile PCs

HP is to bundle a mobile data encryption program in its business notebook and tablet PCs.
April 04, 2007 04 Apr'07
Half of all calls will be on mobiles by 2008, says report

Half of all voice traffic will originate on mobile phones by 2008 in Western Europe, said telecoms analyst Analysys in a report.
March 16, 2007 16 Mar'07
Fire services trial mobile system for safety audits and equipment tests

Twelve of England's 47 fire services are trialling a mobile fire safety system that uses handheld devices and tablet PCs to conduct safety audits. They are expected to go fully live with the system within the next six months.
March 13, 2007 13 Mar'07
Mobile phones 'do not interfere with medical equipment'

Mobile phones do not interfere with medical equipment in hospitals, according to research conducted by a US hospital group.
March 02, 2007 02 Mar'07
Mobile phone engineer fined for file-sharing

A mobile phone engineer who shared unauthorised software on a peer-to-peer network has been ordered by the High Court to pay costs and damages to the Federation Against Software Theft.
February 27, 2007 27 Feb'07
Wireless security: IT pros warily watching mobile phone threats

Security experts have warned repeatedly that mobile phone attacks will grow as the devices become more sophisticated. IT administrators are starting to believe them.
February 23, 2007 23 Feb'07
Swansea inspectors use mobile data to meet DWP beneﬁts fraud target

Smart projects: Bluetooth tablet PCs link into council systems to speed processes
February 21, 2007 21 Feb'07
MS boosts collaboration for Windows Mobile 6.0

Microsoft has updated its mobile operating system, adding greater support for collaborative working.
February 15, 2007 15 Feb'07
Bank of America launches advanced mobile banking service

Bank of America’s 21 million online banking customers are being offered an advanced secure mobile banking service to allow them to check balances, pay bills and transfer money.
February 13, 2007 13 Feb'07
Nokia adds search function to mobile devices

Nokia has developed a Mobile Search application which can now search for content stored on devices as well as the mobile internet.
February 12, 2007 12 Feb'07
Mobile carriers admit to malware attacks

Eighty-three percent of mobile operators surveyed by McAfee Inc. say they've suffered malware infections, but two competing security vendors say the overall threat is still small.
February 07, 2007 07 Feb'07
Firms struggle to dispose safely of hard disc data

Companies are still struggling to dispose safely of their old PCs and mobile gadgets, with users open to having their personal details and identities stolen.
January 30, 2007 30 Jan'07
Mobile GPS system virus could infect network

A mobile GPS system shipped with a virus that could infect the corporate network.
January 24, 2007 24 Jan'07
Mobile banking to be targeted by fraudsters

This year will be the year when new mobile banking and payment initiatives will be increasingly targeted by those engaged in fraud and identity theft. The prediction comes from financial services advisory firm TowerGroup
January 23, 2007 23 Jan'07
Pointsec delivers mobile network security

Mobile security firm Pointsec has released Device Protector to deliver port and storage data security management to networks and devices.
January 16, 2007 16 Jan'07
Mobile security policy overview

Defining a mobile security policy is an essential step towards reducing business risk. This series will help you formulate and enforce an official mobile policy.
December 19, 2006 19 Dec'06
SiRF sues over mobile location patents

SiRF Technology, a leading provider of GPS-enabled location technology, is suing Global Locate and its US distributor Innovation Sales for alleged patent infringements.
December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06
Tracking system enables schools to log assets

A mobile tracking system has been launched to help schools log the IT assets they hold, along with other items.
November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06
Forgetful staff leave businesses exposed

Corporate security is being put at risk by staff leaving their mobile phones, USB sticks, and laptop computers in London taxis.
November 22, 2006 22 Nov'06
Nationwide laptop theft offers data safety lessons

The theft of a laptop computer from the home of a Nationwide employee has raised questions about how much data staff need to carry on mobile devices and what IT directors can do to protect sensitive information.
November 21, 2006 21 Nov'06
Tyne and Wear Fire goes mobile with fire-risk data collection

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service is using mobile computing to help save time and money in collecting fire-risk information from households.