Mobile cyber threats are more common and more sophisticated than ever before, with a number of high profile threats in the past year. Source: betanews.com Connected mobile devices are rapidly becoming a security threat to corporate IT, both IPhones and Androids. Virtual private networks (VPN), two-factor authentication, peer-to-peer
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http://pingpal.io/pingcom/ping-content/uploads/2014/09/acd9ae76-9d2b-4ab1-826b-8aaace835bae.jpg The Android app targets Chinese users, but its malicious techniques could become more widespread in the mobile arena, a security firm warns. Source: www.scmagazine.com Never root or jailbreak a phone. All security mechanisms painstakingly developed for the device gets thrown out of the window