__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 18 November 2006 19:25 \__
> "Security firm F-Secure has expanded its Mobile Security product with
> an integrated antivirus and firewall offering for Symbian S60 devices"
>
>
http://www.whatpc.co.uk/vnunet/news/2168897/f-secure-launches-mobile-firewall
>
> Why don't they make a mobile phone that don't get 'viruses'
Seen it last week. Amazing, isn't it? Mobile phones with firewalls, as though
you run a Web server on your ordinary phone and fear DDOS attacks. As for
the reason for all of this (reused):
Microsoft doesn't deny Windows Mobile flaw
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| Microsoft has refused to deny that the most recent version of
| Windows Mobile leaves data poorly secured on handsets.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39284532,00.htm
Like father (desktop), like son. They share the same DNA (codebase).
Airscanner Vulnerability Summary: Windows Mobile Security Software Fails the
Test
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| Since developers are not in a hurry to keep their users information
| secure... we feel compelled to publish - with exclusivity granted to us
| by author till August 21, 2006 - an article, that reveals various
| problems with Windows Mobile software from various software vendors!
| This article is a "must read" for any serious user of Windows Mobile...
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http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5474.html
Here's that article I posted the last time:
Smartphones get a firewall
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| V3 will only run on the latest Windows Mobile 5 and Symbian 9.1
| systems though, the rationale being that as the market grows so
| fast, they will be the bulk of malware-targeted systems very soon.
|
| [...]
|
| The Windows release is out now and the Symbian one will follow early in
| 2007. The software costs $35 (£20), which includes a year's updates and
| service.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/trendmicro_mobile_sec/
Worthy of a mention:
EDN highlights Linux's success in phones
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| Linux powered about a quarter of all "feature phones" shipped in
| 2005, according to market analysts cited by Webb. Linux grew
| fastest in Asia, in phones from NEC, Panasonic, and Motorola,
| he notes. Meanwhile, mobile subscribers worldwide are expected
| to grow from 100 million to about 350 million, thanks largely to
| cellular rollouts in India, he says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3014094216.html
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