**SMART PHONES - UPDATES & MALWARE**

there was no live streaming, just live blogs, and here is one of them:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/live-from-apples-ipad-2-event/?sort=newest&refresh=60

…guess this will still fit in this thread - it’s about the release of iPad2 on March 11, together with iOS 4.3. So iPhone4 and iPod Touch 4G are concerned as well. Main thing to retain about iOS 4.3 on the iPhone is the ability to make it a wi-fi hotspot, allowing satellite devices to connect and share a 3G connection. This had been announced many weeks ago anyway, only difference is this now official. The hotspot functionality might suffer from your ISP’s restrictions though ;D

ps: could also be that the feature was already available with “jailbroken” devices.

Specific Infected Apps from Android Market Listed Here (list not all inclusive):
http://blog.mylookout.com/2011/03/security-alert-malware-found-in-official-android-market-droiddream/

Android.Pjapps – Trojan for Andoids on the Rise:
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/android-threats-getting-steamy

iTune 10.2 >>> support for iOS 4.3 devices
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Android: in emergencies, refer to Plan B
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Android-in-emergencies-refer-to-Plan-B-1201478.html

Android Malware Attacks Shows Perils of Google Openness:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/google_android_market_peril/

Locked iPhones Feature (Not Bug) Worth Double Checking For Security Reasons:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/iphone_voice_dialling/

Apple Fixes Nearly 60 Bugs with iTunes 10.2 Release:
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/apple-fixes-nearly-60-bugs-itunes-102-release-030311?utm_source=Newsletter_030411&utm_medium=Email+Marketing&utm_campaign=Newsletter&CID

Motorola ATRIX comes to Canada March 17th
One of the strongest Android-powered devices to-date has a launch date on Bell Mobility in Canada.
http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2011/03/motorola-atrix-comes-to-canada-march-17th.html

An Update on Android Market Security
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/03/update-on-android-market-security.html

Apple Forced to Make Carrier Concessions with iPad2:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/06/apple_forced_to_make_carrier_concessions/

Microsoft Blows Windows Phone Update Again:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/windows_update/

Chinese Government Tracking People by Following Their Phones:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/chinese_tracking/

Android Market XSS Bug (malware details):
https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/android-web-market-xss-bug-allowed-code-execution-mobile-devices-030711 – now patched unless you have a rooted phone

Android Market Security Tool March 2011:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/07/google_remotely_kills_android_malware_apps/

Opera Opens Mobile App Store for All Platforms Except iPhone:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/07/opera_mobile_app_store_debuts/

Amazon Shows How it Will Differentiate from Google Marketplace…or Not:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/07/amazon_android_drm/

Microsoft Clarifies Which Open Source Apps Allowed on Windows Phone:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/09/microsoft_open_source_openlogic_survey/

Malware in the Android Market part 3
http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/11222/Malware_in_the_Android_Market_part_3

early release of iOs 4.3
http://www.apple.com/ios/
(was initially announced for March 11 together with the release of iPad2)

  • iTune update, now (since yesterday) >>> 10.21

Google’s security tool infected with trojan
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-security-tool-infected-with-trojan-1205886.html

Google Puts Thumbnails on Mobile Search:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/10/google_preview/

iPhone and Blackberry Brought Down by Hacker Competition:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/11/iphone_blackberry_hacked/

Apple Security Update Leaves Older 3G Users Unprotected:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/10/apple_update_omits_iphone3g/

Fake security program… for Android
http://www.norman.com/security_center/blog/per_olav_forland/143726/en

just a tip, with iOs 4.3 Apple has updated webkit for safari making it twice as fast as before. I could actually observe it, that’s no lie. Now consider this, on iOs 4.2, Firefox “home”, just an interface synced with Mozilla server (usually used for the desktop version of FF4) was much faster than Safari. Now it’s not just faster, it’s a rocket.

Don’t get me wrong, due to Apple restrictions, Firefox 4 mobile won’t come to the iPhone/iPad/iPod platform, and FF “home” is not a full featured browser. It will sync (from your FF4 desktop) tabs, history and bookmarks (not the passwords), but it’s still worth a shot.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-home/id380366933?mt=8

Pwn2Own 2011: Day 2 - iPhone and Blackberry hacked
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Pwn2Own-2011-Day-2-iPhone-and-Blackberry-hacked-1206254.html

Microsoft Pushes Back Cut and Paste Update on Windows Phone:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/11/windows_7_update/

Apple bans iPhone 3G patch omission talk from forum
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/11/iphone_forum_patch_talk_verbotten/