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• IBM: Mobile phone, cloud security issues can impact IT

  IBM says IT staff need to pay extra attention to use of mobile devices and cloud infrastructure on business networks because both technologies are still young, and security can be sketchy.

• Emerging iPhone, iPad 2 app enables remote surveillance

  An iPad app that may soon play a pivotal role connecting soldiers on the street with airplanes hovering high above will be shown for the first time next month at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas.

• DroidDream turns Androids into zombies

  The malicious code that led Google to remove more than 50 Trojan applications from the Android Marketplace appears to mainly be a "dropper" -- a program designed to load other code to further compromise the affected smartphone, according to a security firm's analysis.

• Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security

  There's no doubt that the momentum in computing adoption is with mobile meaning enterprises will have to protect the communications that emanate from, and are sent to, these devices.

• Symantec finds fake Google Android update

  Google's latest update for its Android mobile OS appears to already have been subverted by hackers, according to the security vendor Symantec.

• Android security: Six tips to protect your Google phone

  Google's Android Market mobile software shop was hit last week with its first major malware attack.

• After attacks, Google vows to fortify Android Market

  Google will build new safeguards into Android Market, its application store for the Android mobile OS, following an attack that infected thousands of phones and forced the company to wipe the malware remotely from phones, it said late Saturday.

• Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps

  More than 50 applications containing malware have been discovered in Google's application market for its Android mobile OS, a sign that hackers are hard at work trying to compromise mobile devices.

• Advanced Zeus Trojan hits Polish ING customers

  A version of the Zeus malware that intercepts one-time passcodes sent by SMS (Short Message Service) is targeting customers of the financial institution ING in Poland.

• GSMA to recommend SMS spam reporting system

  The GSMA will recommend that operators join a program that allows mobile subscribers to report SMS spam using short codes in an effort to gather more data on a growing annoyance.

• AVG bets on Android, but competitors loom

  AVG says up to 50,000 Android users a day are downloading its free security application, as the smartphone OS gains popularity.

• Kaspersky mobile software now covers Android, BlackBerry

  Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab has released new versions of its security software for mobile devices to cover Android and the BlackBerry OS.

• Angry Birds, Monkey Jump apps wrapped with malware

  Popular mobile games such as Angry Birds and Monkey Jump are being illegally copied and repackaged with code designed to steal personal information or perform other malicious functions, according to a study due to be released soon from Lookout Mobile Security.

• Norton mobile security apps seek to stop smartphone theft

  Early Tuesday morning Norton announced results of a Strategy One survey conducted last September that suggest one in three U.S. citizens have had their cell phones lost or stolen.

• Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy

  Branches of the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations are launching on Friday the 2011 Develop for Privacy Challenge, a competition for mobile application developers to address privacy concerns about mobile phones and other portable devices.