Carriers slammed for rejecting smartphone 'kill switch'

Computerworld Security: November 22, 2013
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Carriers slammed for rejecting smartphone 'kill switch'

Law enforcement officials trying to rein in violent smartphone theft have
criticized cellular operators who they say rejected a solution that would help
address the problem.
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1. Antone Gonsalves: How swindlers use apps to trick the gullible
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2. Trojan malware steals sensitive data from SAP client apps
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Antone Gonsalves: How swindlers use apps to trick the gullible


Conmen will trade malware for mobile apps to fool the innocent into giving up
personal information.
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Trojan malware steals sensitive data from SAP client apps

A recently discovered malicious program steals log-in passwords and other
sensitive information from SAP client applications and allows cybercriminals to
access SAP servers from infected workstations.
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Michael Horowitz: Is a pop-up ad from optimize-app.com a new type of attack?


Looking to remove optimize-app.com may be a trap. Pssst... buddy.... I got a
Google soych here just fer ya.
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