TechRepublic - IT Security: New Android malware should be wake-up call for security admins

Security firm Kaspersky reported on a new malware threat that it calls the most sophisticated it has seen in targeting Android phones.

By Patrick Lambert
June 12, 2013

IT pros in the enterprise rely on a wide array of tools needed to keep users secure: firewalls, intrusion detection systems, centralized software updates, anti-malware definition updates, policy statements, and so on. But when it comes to mobile security, quite often many businesses do not hold the same strict policies as they do for desktops, despite the clear evidences that smartphones are now just as powerful as a full computer, and bad guys are out there targeting them.

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