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Openness versus consumer protection? Android, iPhone, and transparency

If you follow news about the Android mobile phone platform, you may have seen recent allegations of malware against a third party application available on Google’s Android application market. It’s unclear whether or not the application in question, MemoryUp, was … Continue reading

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iPhone users should beware of mail links

Aviv Raff, a security researcher, released “an advisory”:http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/07/23/iPhoneIsPhishableAndSPAMable.aspx indicating that the iPhone is vulnerable to a URL spoofing attack. bq. By creating a specially crafted URL, and sending it via an email, an attacker can convince the user that the … Continue reading

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