http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226100127 By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek July 22, 2010 At the Black Hat USA 2010 conference, July 24 - 29 in Las Vegas, mobile security won't just be over the air, it'll be in the air. Nowadays, said conference founder Jeff Moss, "it's all mobile all the time. It's like when they introduced Windows 7 or Windows XP -- it's all new. Everybody is trying to figure it out." Rootkits used to get a lot of attention, but this year there was only one rootkit presentation submitted, Moss says. Of course, a range of security issues will be explored, such as timing attacks and smart grid vulnerabilities. But mobile security problems are seeing a surge of interest. Moss says that app stores and the apps themselves are getting more scrutiny from security researchers. People are looking at what it takes to get malicious apps into app stores undetected. Kevin Mahaffey and John Hering of Lookout Mobile Security will be delving into the security of mobile apps next Wednesday, July 28, in a presentation titled "App Attack: Surviving the Mobile Application Explosion." [...] _________________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2010, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 24-29th, offering over 60 training sessions and 11 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Tue Jul 27 2010 - 00:49:18 PDT
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