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Smartphones Present Growing Security Problem

Submitted by mt53 on Tue, 2011-10-18 11:45

Smartphones’ small screen size and abundance of loosely monitored applications make them particularly vulnerable to cyber attack, says Mustaque Ahamad (Computer Science), co-author of the 2012 Emerging Cyber Threats Report. "The resources we have on these devices are different from what you have on your desktop or laptop." Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Dateline: 
Friday, October 14, 2011
Release: 
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 11:19
Expire: 
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 11:19
 

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