MyMobiSafe.com Official Mobile Security Antivirus Solutions Blog
This blog is managed/edited by Eric Everson, Founder of MyMobiSafe.com. The purpose of this blog is to discuss common threats and solutions that exist within the mobile community.
Thank you for taking the time to review my blog, I am Eric Everson and I am a mobile application developer and self-proclaimed mobile threat hunter. I also manage a blog at MySpace which serves as a journal regarding my startup venture of MyMobiSafe.com available at http://blog.myspace.com/mymobisafe.
Thursday 31 January 2008, 1:11 AM
iPhone Users Beg For Universal Mobile Torrent Innovation
iPhone Users Beg For Universal Mobile Torrent Innovation
By Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com
Despite the risky potential that Universal Mobile Torrents (UMTs) represent the lack of UMTs in the wireless industry is but a gaping hole in mobile content delivery. Torrent technologies ripped through the computer industry via peer-to-peer file sharing, yet the starved for content iPhone users are becoming equally as hungry throughout the mobile industry.
Today buzz sites (pun intended) like MobiShaker.com have come online for iPhone users that are seeking new content. MobiShaker is a new site that places your favorite drink recipes in the palm of your hand so you can better enjoy your role as a bartender, be it for fun or by profession. The thing is that with all of the advances that the iPhone represents, the content that users are begging for is stifled by the lack of UMT delivery.
As handsets advance, the thirst for quality mobile content continues to rise. We all love the added functionality of handsets, but what good is it without loads of content? The UMT represents the next generation of torrent technology. As developers are beginning to work together the reality of early UMTs will certainly be forthcoming. Today there are mobile torrents designed at the OS level for every major mobile Operating System, but the UMT is still the Eleanor (yes that’s a Gone In 60 Seconds reference) of the industry.
By design a UMT can cross all OS barriers to pass content between all handsets. While mobile torrents have already arrived, a true UMT is yet to emerge. For the average handset user, the opportunity that a UMT offers is essentially the key to Pandora’s Box of mobile content goodies. So while you can now get all of your favorite drink recipes via your internet ready phone, that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Your friend and mobile guru,
Eric Everson, Founder
MyMobiSafe.com
Friday 4 January 2008, 12:36 AM
AT&T Driving Mobile Open Source Into The New Year
AT&T Driving Mobile Open Source Into The New Year
By Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com
It’s been almost a month since Leslie Cauley of USA Today quoted AT&T Wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega in saying “We are the most open wireless company in the industry.” These AT&T claims stand as a bold announcement in the eyes of U.S. mobile software developers, who are accustomed to content restrictions that wireless carriers such as Verizon impose. Restrictions throughout the U.S. wireless industry prevent millions of capable handsets from accessing an abundance of multimedia content. In a surprise bear hug for open source, AT&T Mobility is making friends with many mobile software engineers and developers alike. By embracing the open source movement in wireless, AT&T has set the standard by which all U.S. wireless businesses will be judged through 2008.
As the founder of MyMobiSafe.com, the open source movement in wireless represents a great opportunity for developers to drive the industry into the future. Sure, there will be security concerns along that way (which is where we come in), but collectively open source in mobile is like industry deregulation on a private level. AT&T’s move to embrace open source is exactly what the global wireless industry needs. While this is exciting news for many in wireless, don’t expect that juicy iPhone to be grandfathered into AT&T’s open source movements. As de la Vega said, “The iPhone is a very special, innovative case."
It is easy to see why 2008 is being marked as the year of mobile open source. The move towards open source bodes well for cell phone users and third-party developers alike. The days of universal mobile compatibility are on the horizon, which is paving the future for those of us driving innovative mobile technologies.
Hats off to AT&T Wireless!
Your friendly mobile security expert and mobi guru,
Eric Everson, Founder
MyMobiSafe.com
Ref:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2007-12-05-att_N.htm
Tuesday 1 January 2008, 10:47 PM
2008 The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems
2008 The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems
By Eric Everson, Founder of MyMobiSafe.com
Beginning in October (2007), the future of open source mobile Operating Systems (OS) began looking like an imminent reality. With companies such as Motorola, Apple, and Google leading the way, perhaps 2008 should respectfully be dubbed “The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems.”
What does an open source mobile OS mean for the mobile community? For ages it seems that advances in mobile interoperability has been stunted by a myriad of proprietary OS restraints. The move towards an open source mobile OS represents a paradigm shift for the mobile industry. For cell phone users the industry adoption of open source represents what is sure to become a flood of mobile innovation.
As it stands today, there are many barriers that mobile users face which all point directly at the issues of the segmented OS issues of today. At a basic level, constraints of this segmentation make it often impossible to use the same mobile software across a myriad of handsets. Like we have done at MyMobiSafe.com, the current segmentation requires that we have unique offerings specific to each OS and in many cases each handset. As the founder of MyMobiSafe, I share this burden with all mobile software developers. At an enterprise level, managers are limited in their ability to adequately employ mobile applications throughout their organizations due to OS segmentation.
All of these issues (and a million others) are solved under an industry migration towards open source OS. Naturally not everyone in mobile will come on board as open source leaders in 2008, but the move seems inevitable for the industry collectively. As the New Year ushers in the opportunity of better days to come, the mobile industry stands poised to benefit from a migration towards open source. The day will come when mobile software is as fluid as it has always been in the computer industry. Here's to an open source migration of mobile OS!
I wish everyone a Happy New Year and I look forward to your responses.
Your mobile security expert and mobi guru,
Eric Everson, Founder - MyMobiSafe.com
Contact me at: Eric.Everson@MyMobiSafe.com
Tuesday 1 January 2008, 5:14 PM
2008 Mobile Security Outlook
2008 Mobile Security Outlook
By Eric Everson, Founder of MyMobiSafe.com
As some are struggling through the day due to late night celebrations of bringing in the New Year, I’d like to raise a glass for the mobile community. As the usage of mobile phones outpaces the use of computers, it is the multimedia functionality of mobile phones that will continue to make the computer obsolete. Seemingly 2008 has much in store for the mobile community.
What does 2008 offer the mobile community? There are many emerging mobile industry trends such as open source mobile Operating Systems, mobile banking, mobile gamming, and many other significant developments that are sure to make 2008 a pivotal year for mobile technology.
As the Founder of MyMobiSafe.com, I can’t help but consider what impact the developments of mobile technology have on the security of cell phone users. As cell phones already represent the greatest network security vulnerability in an enterprise setting, the risks to every cell phone compound with most advances in mobile technology. As multimedia capabilities liken cell phones to computers, the same risks that computers carry are migrating into the mobile setting.
Advances such as open source mobile Operating Systems (OS), mobile banking, and gaming bode well for mobile interoperability, functionality, and entertainment yet they all carry their own risks. As we enter into a new year, it is the risks to cell phones that I hope people will desire to learn more about. For so many years in the beginning the cellular industry had nothing to worry about, yet that same veil of false security lingers today which has left too many cell phone owners vulnerable.
Some predict that the next great mobile virus will emerge in 2008, which I sense is being used more as an industry scare tactic having seen nothing credible to substantiate the claims. But as I find myself continually explaining, it isn’t viruses that cell phone owners must fear today, rather other things such as mobile keyloggers and mobile spyware that can have a profound impact on the security of your cell phone. In the spirit of the New Year, I encourage cell phone owners to try new things: Adopt mobile banking and enjoy new forms of mobile entertainment. Just remember that the veil of false security has to be removed as there are credible mobile threats that open handsets to attack if there is not a mobile security solution on the handset. If you wouldn’t trust your computer without an antivirus solution, then the same should hold true for your cell phone too. As the New Year indicates, the times are changing!
I wish everyone a Happy New Year and I look forward to your responses.
Your mobile security expert and mobi guru,
Eric Everson, Founder - MyMobiSafe.com
Contact me at: Eric.Everson@MyMobiSafe.com
