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  • November 5, 2012 at 10:57 am #171977

    Henry Brown
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    Opinion/Commentary From Wired:
    Cybercrime: Mobile Changes Everything — And No One’s Safe

    The FBI recently put out a mobile malware alert, providing us with a sobering reminder of this “evil software” for phones and tablets. In this particular case, the FBI was warning against the Finfisher and Loofzon malware, which spies on our data and leaks GPS positions to track our movements. While these threats appear to have been developed for government surveillance purposes, they can of course be used by any organization.

    And therein lies the problem. Mobile malware affects all of us.

    Unfortunately, the advice the FBI alert shared was vague and maddeningly difficult to follow. For example: “Users should look at the reviews of the developer/company who published the application” and “Turn off features of the device not needed to minimize the attack surface of the device.” Heck, I’m a security researcher, and I’m fuzzy about what all that means.

    Mobile Malware Advice Doesn’t Help Users

    One piece of the FBI advice that doesn’t work is that we must review and understand the permissions we’re granting to applications (apps) before installing them. Studies have revealed this to be too difficult for users: Most people just have no idea what permissions are reasonable … and which ones are risky.

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