This script is used by hundreds of thusands of sites and is quite popular in the WordPress theming community. It was discovered last month that a vulnerability existed within certain versions of the script (http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/issues/detail?id=212). If you are using a WordPress theme with your mobile WordPress web site then it is highly likely that the Timthumb WordPress Hack can be exploited on your site (depending on when you last updated your theme). The author of the Timthumb script has provided a fix that you should apply to your site now.

It’s Not Personal

Most hacked sites are just black hat SEO scam artists trying to increase their own site ranking for whatever purposes. It’s not personal so don’t panic if you find you have been hacked. Don’t take it personally, they are not out to get you in particular.

Sites being hacked have always been a problem, if yours has never been hacked then consider yourself to be lucky. You have to do your best to make sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen but it still can.

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA – August 15, 2011 – CellTrust Corporation, the recognized leader in secure mobile messaging (www.celltrust.com), announced today that Sean Moshir, Chief Executive Officer of CellTrust, is speaking on August 18 at the the 2011 Cyber Security Training Conference, hosted by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), an international not-for-profit organization of information security professionals and practitioners.Moshir will be among speakers including Travis Johnson, Special Agent Cybercrime Division, FBI, and Robert D. Rego, Brigadier General, Special Assistant for Cyber Issues, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), the Keynote speaker at the event.

Moshir will address mobile vulnerabilities as part of the conference’s Essential Information Assurance track, and he will discuss strategies for secure mobile messaging and communication.

The Cyber Security Training Conference brings together U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), information technology professionals, and industry partners, to share ideas and exchange information on ways to further protect and strengthen the defensive posture of information systems, including briefings and panel discussions focusing on current and proposed Information Assurance policies, strategies and initiatives.

Speaking Details

August 18, 2011
11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Cyber Security Training Conference
Crowne Plaza Hotel
2886 South Circle Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Members of the media are welcome to attend the lecture by sending an RSVP to celltrust@globalresultspr.com.

About CellTrust Corporation
CellTrust is a leading provider of secure mobile messaging and applications. CellTrust’s patent pending Secure SMS Gateway™ featuring Secure SMS and a suite of mobile applications provide advanced secure mobile messaging and information management across 200+ countries and over 800 carriers.  CellTrust ensures the secure and trusted exchange of information on mobile devices to the financial services, healthcare, government, education, energy, information technology, marketing, and travel, among other global industries.  For more information about CellTrust’s Global, African, North American and Australian operations: www.celltrust.com, www.africa.celltrust.com or www.celltrust.com.au

Google is activating half a million Android devices a day, a big jump in just the last couple months, a sign of growing momentum for the platform.

Google’s VP of mobile Andy Rubin tweeted out the new milestone, saying activations are growing 4.4 percent week over week.

At Google I/O in early May, the company boasted that activations were up to 400,000 a day with 100 million cumulative device activations, representing 36 OEMS, 215 Carriers and 310 devices. The pace of growth has been staggering for Android, which hit the 100,000 activations per day milestone in May 2010. By December 2010, that number was up to 300,000 a day.

Read Full Article On Gigaom.com

As mobile connected devices become more popular, it’s putting more importance on the need for mobile security.

That’s why Symantec recently undertook a lengthy analysis of Apple’s iOS and Google Android, comparing the two operating systems to each other and to desktop platforms in terms of vulnerability to security threats.

Mobile is more secure, unless you go outside the playground

Symantec says that mobile devices definitely do offer improved security over their PC counterparts. But unsurprisingly, given that Symantec sells mobile security solutions for enterprise, the firm also found that “major gaps remain” in the overall mobile security picture, especially when it comes to securing enterprise assets. Still, even given the company’s bias in this matter, the results of its comparison between iOS and Android reveal two very different approaches to safeguarding mobile users.

In the 23-page report, Symantec outlines how iOS specifically offers “strong protection against traditional malware,” due mostly to Apple’s app approval process and the way the company vets iOS app developers to identify and eliminate attackers. Google, on the other hand, doesn’t employ this kind of screening procedure, which Symantec agues has “led to today’s increasing volume of Android-specific malware.”

Read Full Article On Gigaom.com

PayPal’s mobile payments business is now expected to do $3 billion in volume this year, double what the company predicted last fall, and up from $2 billion forecasted in April.

PayPal said it’s seeing $10 million a day in total mobile payment volume, up from $6 million in March. That’s a huge ramp-up and suggests PayPal is finding success in facilitating online payments through mobile phones, which is an extension of its existing business. But it doesn’t address where PayPal needs to go in the future: mobile payments for offline goods. Offline, real-world payments are a much bigger opportunity, representing more than 90 percent of current transactions. That’s where PayPal is looking to shift, but right now, the bulk of its business is still online.

Read Full Article On Gigaom.com

I came across this article on adelaidenow.com.au and while it is stating the bleeding obvious to many of us, it just doesn’t seem as if the message is getting through to the vast majorities!

An excerpt from the article follows

SMARTPHONE fanatics may be getting “mugged” by their own mobile, according to a new study.

As many as a third are oblivious to the increasing security risks associated with using their new iPhone, Blackberry or Android-powered device.

The threat is particularly acute when using the gadgets for financial transactions and to store personal information.

An estimated 13 per cent of smartphone users said location data had been unknowingly embedded on their handset, enabling others to track where they are at any time.

More than 79 per cent were not even aware this was possible.

The study by anti-virus software company AVG and the consumer research organisation Ponemon Institute comes as smartphone sales in Australia doubled last year.

Read the full article on adelaidenow.com.au.

I read an article on Australian IT this morning saying exactly what we have been telling you about for a while now. Hackers are targeting smartphones and social networks. Don’t ever say that nobody tried to warn you.

Here is an excerpt from the article.

Hackers are preying on smartphones and social networking hotspots, according to reports released by two computer security firms.

Cyber-criminals are also ramping up the sophistication and frequency of attacks on business and government networks, one of the companies, Symantec, said in the latest volume of its Internet Security Threat Report.

Symantec depicted a “massive” volume of more than 286 new computer threats on the internet last year, continued growth in attacks at online social networks and “a notable shift in focus” by hackers to mobile devices.

“The major mobile platforms are finally becoming ubiquitous enough to garner the attention of attackers,” Symantec said in its findings.

In March, smartphones running on Google-backed Android software were the target of the largest attack ever on the devices, noted a PandaLabs report focused on the first three months of this year.

Read the full article on Australian IT.

Last June we added a post about the upcoming launch of the SMS My Customers 2-way SMS Gateway. We have just spoken to the sites owners and they have told us that it is going gangbusters!

Nick Goritsas from SMS My Customers has told us that they have a  load of customers and to date their feedback is all positive. They have signed resellers and have added a whole pile of features to the SMS Gateway and have a lot more new features being rolled out in the next few months.

If you are currently a subscriber of any other Australian SMS Gateways you owe it to yourself to check this one out SMS My Customers. If you are currently a reseller of other SMS Gateways then it might be time for you to jump on board.

The Phoenix Business Journal has picked up on the CellTrust deal with Celcom Malaysia and written a nice article.

Phoenix Business Journal
Date: Monday, February 7, 2011

CellTrust Corp. has launched its secure mobile messaging system in Malaysia through that country’s largest 3G wireless firm, Celcom.

Scottsdale-based CellTrust has been developing secure mobile messaging for several years, and Celcom recently launched the CellTrust application for BlackBerrys.

The deal, for which financial information was not released, opens access to the application to about 11 million subscribers. It also allows CellTrust to be available to enterprise-level companies with opportunities to host the traffic on their own computer networks.

The secure system allows for texts to be encrypted so they cannot be intercepted along with a host of other features.

Read the article full article on the Phoenix Business Journal’s web site

Celcom is the world’s first wireless operator/carrier to provide CellTrust SecureSMS™ to its subscribers

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – February 7, 2011 – CellTrust Corporation, the recognized worldwide leader in mobile secure messaging and secure applications for mobile phones (www.celltrust.com), announced today that Celcom, the largest 3G operator in Malaysia (www.celcom.com.my), has deployed the patents-pending, carrier grade CellTrust SecureSMS™ Consumer and CellTrust SecureSMS™ Enterprise (SSMS) technology, to bring a secure messaging solution to its wireless subscribers and enterprise customers.

Celcom has launched the CellTrust SecureSMS Consumer app for the BlackBerry operating system, now available for download by Celcom’s wireless subscribers on the BlackBerry app store. Additionally, Celcom has made the CellTrust SecureSMS Enterprise appliance model available to its corporate, governmental and other enterprise customers featuring either a dedicated or hosted server option, which can be integrated into their own enterprise infrastructure. Celcom and CellTrust also plan to introduce a new Secure MMS app this year, as part of a total secure messaging suite.

“Security product companies are hard at work developing a wide range of security clients for mobile phones, from anti-malware and VPN access to smartphone app security, but secure SMS has been largely ignored,” said Jeff Wilson, Principal Analysts, Security, Infonetics Research, Inc. “SMS is a ubiquitous and indispensable communication tool for consumers and enterprises, and the need for privacy and compliance will drive everyone to solutions like CellTrust’s SecureSMS.”

Celcom is Malaysia’s most experienced and premier mobile cellular telecommunications company, with more than 11 million subscribers, and international roaming service in 120 countries over 317 networks worldwide.

The company was the first to launch 3G service in Malaysia and has the widest 2G, 3G and 3.5G coverage in the country.

“We are pleased to see Celcom take a leadership role in providing a secure messaging solution to wireless subscribers in Malaysia,” said Sean Moshir, Chairman and CEO of CellTrust. “CellTrust SecureSMS is particularly critical now, as many security threats have arisen over the recent months with regular SMS communication. Secure messaging capabilities will set Celcom apart from other wireless operators in the region, as consumers increasingly look for applications and services that protect their personal information from the risk of security threats.”

CellTrust Secure SMS technology opens up a new way for government agencies, financial institutions, healthcare organizations, education, real estate and the travel industries to share information quickly – and keep information confidential and secure.

CellTrust’s global patents-pending SecureSMS™ provides:

• Secure end-to-end encryption that meets the highest international security standards
• Each handset with its own unique decryption key which is always changing based on policy
• CellTrust SecureSMS console allows you to push security policies directly to the handset
• Communication over SMS control channel (resilient and supported by all global operators)
• Delivery, open and delete acknowledgement
• Messages up to 5,000 characters
• Message Life determines life span of message
• Optional message archiving for reporting and compliancy
• PIN access control to SecureSMS application
• Separate secured contact list with import capability
• Integration with CellTrust SecureSMS Gateway, accessing over 200 countries
• Remote data wipe in case of loss or unauthorized access attempts
• Award winning and certified with major operators, operating systems and handset manufacturers

About CellTrust Corporation

CellTrust is a leading provider of secure mobile messaging and applications. CellTrust’s patent pending Secure SMS Gateway™ featuring the SecureSMS™ Appliance and a suite of mobile applications provide advanced secure mobile messaging and information management solutions across 200+ countries and over 700 carriers. CellTrust ensures the secure and trusted exchange of information on mobile devices to the financial services, healthcare, government, education, energy, information technology, marketing, and travel, among other global industries. For more information about CellTrust’s Global, African, North American and Australian operations: www.celltrust.com, www.africa.celltrust.com, www.celltrust.com.au.

Media Contact

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celltrust@globalresultspr.com

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