Comments on: iPhone creates mobile malware tipping point

By: Location-Aware Malware Becoming a Reality « Amrit Williams Blog

Location-Aware Malware Becoming a Reality « Amrit Williams Blog — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:43:10 +0000

[...] malware tipping point” by enabling new and interesting methods for malware proliferation (here) at the time many of the press I talked with didn’t understand how this would work… The [...]

By: Mobile Win32 malware defenses | Win32 Removal

Mobile Win32 malware defenses | Win32 Removal — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:04:31 +0000

[...] iPhone creates mobile malware tipping point – On the downside, the iPhone also presents the tipping point that will trigger both an explosion of mobile malware, and an increase in Mac OSX malware. Not many can say they are the catalyst for good and bad megatrends—so all hail Steve … [...]

By: Apple Implements Remote App Kill Switch for the iPhone « Amrit Williams Blog

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:19:18 +0000

[...] and one of the reasons I proposed that the iPhone would introduce a mobile malware tipping point (here), what I didn’t realize at the time was that Apple had implemented a remote kill switch, [...]

By: Spirovski Bozidar

Spirovski Bozidar — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:08:52 +0000

Amrit
I see that you stand your ground firmly thorughout this debate.

Now, original the question you raised of the vendors – its quite simple. Just as the hiker needed to outrun the slower hikers, the security vendors are like the bears, they just need to outrun the other bears to catch the slowest hiker.

And before this turns into a rant, the same logic applies even to nature and natural selection. A surviving species doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be a bit better then the competition.

So this logic won’t go away, just accept it and try to be better then the competition

Spirovski Bozidar
http://www.shortinfosec.net

By: 12 ways to visualize network security « Amrit Williams Blog

12 ways to visualize network security « Amrit Williams Blog — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:19:33 +0000

[...] who are accustomed to using their iPhones Today, corporate security looks like a cheese grater, with lots of holes. What becomes [...]

By: zune news

zune news — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:21:35 +0000

wow, i didnt know these things

By: iphone car chargers

iphone car chargers — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:51:16 +0000

Very interesting read, the idea of malware is very scary indeed. This is all bound to happen sooner or later however.

By: Jameson Nyeholt

Jameson Nyeholt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:23:43 +0000

yeah, it kind of does. haha

By: iPod accessory, guy

iPod accessory, guy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:09:48 +0000

This comes with popularity, always does. The popularity of Internet Explorer was the start of the end for them. The new IE 8 beta is HORRIBLE by the way. Stay away to save yourself from headaches.

By: amritw

amritw — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:57:22 +0000

@Jameson

The interesting aspect of security threats to consumer oriented devices, even when they enter the enterprise, as I know the iPhone will, is that unless the threat is near catastrophic it will not deter anyone from using them – and it probably shouldn’t.

As we move the traditional computing form factor to smaller hand held devices like the iPhone it is inevitable that we will see an increase in malware and security incidents, but life will go on just as it does now – makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside doesn’t it?