Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Smart Phones Smart

...via The Wall Street Journal 
In 2009, security experts identified 30 security flaws in the software and operating systems of smartphones made by companies like Apple, Nokia Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., up from 16 the previous year, according to a review of records in the National Vulnerability Database, a repository created in 2005 by an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Submissions are vetted and rated according to their severity... 

None of the companies contacted would discuss specific vulnerabilities, but all said they take security seriously. (more)