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Wednesday, January 25, 2012MWR Commercial Director Alex Fidgen comments on the leakage of O2 smartphone users’ mobile numbers to third-party websites.
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MWR Commercial Director Alex Fidgen comments on the leakage of O2 smartphone users’ mobile numbers to third-party websites.
BKR International, a worldwide association of accountancy firms, and MWR InfoSecurity, a British IT consultancy, say that a comparison of 200 accountancy firms in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and America shows large divergences in data security measures.
Alex Plaskett, a consultant at MWR InfoSecurity, who described himself as someone who has been “professionally breaking things” for many years, performed a so-called “drive-by” exploit on a Windows 7 smart phone.
MWR Consultant Nils comments on the state and impact of smart phone security.
In a demonstration by MWR InfoSecurity in the Guardian’s offices this week, security consultant David Chismon showed how easy it is to hack into smartphones. In this case it was an HTC and a Palm Pre, but he says all smartphones can be compromised.