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By The Numbers

What Data Do You Really Lose On Devices?

Around 40 percent of lost or stolen devices contain customer data and just over a quarter of devices contain corporate IP.

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Source: CyLabs/McAfee

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Author Photo Been Caught Stealin'
Posted by Don Bailey
February 14, 2012

Emergence of machine to machine (M2M) devices make it easier for thieves and hackers -- and more dangerous for victims

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Around The Web

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Flash Of An iPad Gets Man Past Border Security
A Canadian man who had left his passport at home was able to enter the United States by handing over his iPad?with a scanned copy of his identification. The U.S. Border Patrol is not authorized to accept photocopies or scans of passports. Although there has been some push to accept digital documents, the current state of technology makes vital documents all too easy to manipulate

GOMONEWS
Fully-Featured Android Security App Comes Out Of Beta
avast! Free Mobile Security has left the beta stage, gone gold, and is being distributed freely for the Android platform--along with GPS location, it offers a remotely-triggered siren, remote wipe, and audio monitoring so you can listen to the crook as he negotiates a better price for your phone at the local swap meet

ITBUSINESSEDGE
Android Struggles To Secure Itself
Like the PC/Mac debate, the easier attack vector on the Android seems to improve the security of the iPhone just by acting as a lightning rod. Despite the early opinions that facial recognition is a bit dodgy, Ice Cream Sandwich offers some help, but will it be enough to make a difference?

CNET
Apple Patent Application Details Password-Protecting Power Adapters
Apple appears to be patenting a new application of password technology not completely different from the good old dongle. Password information would be stored in the power adapter for each individual device and a password reset would involve nothing more than plugging your iPhone or iPad into its charger and going from there

PC ADVISOR UK
Norton Plans iPhone, iPad Security Software
Symantec?s EMEA regional product director Con Mallon has suggested that the company hoped to expand beyond its Android mobile security product into the iPhone and iPad market

EWEEK
Latest Apple iOS Jailbreak Tool Exploits Two Security Flaws
A new jailbreak tool dubbed Corona is able to exploit vulnerabilities in iOS 5 in order to execute unsigned binaries within the platform. One of the exploits takes advantage of a format string bug, leaving some to wonder if Apple even bothers with a static analysis tool

ZDNET
iPhone Date Glitch Exposes Photo Albums
Apple?s reliance on a simple timestamp to secure photo albums in iOS has proven to be a vulnerability, says tech consultant Ade Barkah. He discovered that changing the clock setting on iPhone should give anyone access to the phone?s camera roll, even if the phone is locked.

GCN.COM
DISA OKs Secure Android Mobile System For DoD
Government CIOs have been handed a new tool with the Defense Information Systems Agency?s certification of a new Android-based mobile system as secure enough for Department of Defense use. The special secure mobile os, developed by Good Technology for use with the Dell Streak 5 smartphone provides adequate authentication and encryption for use even in combat areas

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Mobile Security Reports

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