Security firm finds smartphones lacking in security
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 08:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- viaForensics a computer security firm has undertaken an exhaustive study to determine just how secure data is on smartphones; their results show that data such as login names, passwords, account numbers and in some cases even social security numbers, arent nearly as secure as most people would assume. The company has produced both a white paper detailing its results (including providing results for actual apps by name) and a report on its website detailing its findings.