CNN: Smartphone Growth will Lead to More Sophisticated Breaches

Phone hacking can extend beyond voice mail (from CNN at 11-7-2011) Smartphone is Open Door While the phone hacking by British tabloid News of the World was unexceptional by technical standards, security experts say the scandal portends how the growth of smartphones will lead to more sophisticated breaches. The tactics that tabloid reporters used to eavesdrop on high-profile British targets -- and eventually led News Corp. to announce Thursday it is killing the 167-year-old publication -- were remarkably low tech.... read more»

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