Friday, July 15, 2011

Android iOS or more henh gaffe?

Dissection of specific security mechanisms of the iPhone andAndroid smartphone now, may find they are not strong enough to protect the sensitive data inside and the likelihood of users being”naked road” before the hacker is completely can occur.
According to the researchers’ discovery of the security of mobile devices and Apple’s iOS Google’s Android “Symantec has just been released today, whether in the design process, the foundation has common security interest in sewing, but the level of sophistication, they still have solid boundaries. The concern over the security conscious users of smartphones and mobile devices to neglect, significantly worse than the traditional PC users. The result is a double risk of being suspended on the first users iPhone, iPad and the Android smartphones.
Commenting on the current status of mobile security at present, Mr Raymond Goh, director of Symantec Asia compares: “It’s the security of mobile devices are like a confusion matrix. Although likely more secure than PC but iOS or Android is potentially very high before the traditional forms of attack. Furthermore, staff use smartphone business in a growing, but not be managed on the ability to access sensitive databases. Of these users download applications / services from third parties, enterprises, organizations do not manage. ”
The problem becomes more complex as mobile devices are increasingly connected and synchronized with the entire ecosystem, including cloud-based services and 3rd party desktop, which usually ecosystems is beyond the control of the business. Therefore, the risk of the smartphone Anonymous on realm is completely visible.
Symantec has conducted detailed analysis of the security model being used in the IOS and Android, and evaluate the effectiveness of each platform security against threats such as online attacks, malware , forms of attacks based on social engineering, data leakage v … v … Accordingly, the IOS security model provides strong protection against malicious software traditional, mainly by the application testing process and the process of certifying the application author is extremely strict, stringent of Apple. These processes are closely monitored to help identification information of each of software author and minimize those who have evil intentions.

Meanwhile, Google chose to bring the model of openness: any application can also contribute on the App Market, and any application authors also introduce their products on an anonymous , not by check. The loose has caused the number of malicious software on the Android platform increased sharply recently and obviously superior to IOS.
According to Symantec, who use both platforms regularly Android and IOS devices to synchronize with their cloud services of third party (such as Web-based calendar) and with their home desktop. This can cause the sensitive data stored by enterprises in these devices leak. Finally, the device is “unlocked”, or devices that our security features are disabled are attractive targets for criminals because the devices are also potentially high-risk breeds as ordinary PC.
Source:vietnamandroid.com

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