Mobile Threats archives
MSM: How mobile phones let spies see our every move
Filed Under: Mobile ThreatsSunday, February 28th, 2010
Government’s secret Celldar project will allow surveillance of anyone, at any time and anywhere there is a phone signal.
Secret radar technology research that will allow the biggest-ever extension of ‘Big Brother’-style surveillance in the UK is being funded by the Government.
The radical new system, which has outraged civil liberties groups, uses mobile phone masts to allow security authorities to watch vehicles and individuals ‘in real time’ almost anywhere in Britain.
The technology ’sees’ the shapes made when radio waves emitted by mobile phone masts meet an obstruction. Signals bounced back by immobile objects, such as walls or trees, are filtered out by the receiver. This allows anything moving, such as cars or people, to be tracked. Previously, radar needed massive fixed equipment to work and transmissions from mobile phone masts were thought too weak to be useful.
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New security threat against ‘smart phone’ users
Filed Under: Mobile Security, Mobile ThreatsWednesday, February 24th, 2010
Nefarious: The software can even drain a smart phone’s battery.
Computer scientists at Rutgers University have shown how a familiar type of personal computer security threat can now attack new generations of smart mobile phones, with the potential to cause more serious consequences.
The researchers demonstrated how such a software attack could cause a smart phone to eavesdrop on a meeting, track its owner’s travels, or rapidly drain its battery to render the phone useless.
These actions could happen without the owner being aware of what happened or what caused them.
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Hordes of new threats ahead for mobile networks
Filed Under: Mobile Security, Mobile ThreatsWednesday, February 24th, 2010
Malware on smartphones is just the first in a series of new security threats for mobile networks ushered in by the embrace of internet technologies, according to mobile phone encryption firms.
Dr Bjoern Rupp, chief exec of GSMK CryptoPhone, warns that criminal gangs are able to steal private information and undermine fair business trading thanks to advances in technology that have made attacks possible on low-cost kit. Years ago such attacks were only possible for intelligence agencies, but have now become feasible as a means of industrial espionage.
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