vulnerability news from FierceMobileIT

Research in Motion (RIM) issued a security alert that warns of an attack vector targeting its software when BlackBerry users access PDF files. RIM found flaws in the BlackBerry Attachment Service... Read more...

A newly identified BlackBerry browser bug is making the majority of BlackBerry smartphone users vulnerable to phishing scams, Research In Motion revealed. RIM said it has released to operators a new... Read more...

The Symbian Foundation accidentally approved what security experts are labeling as a text message worm. According to virus experts at F-Secure, the worm, known under several names that include Yxe,... Read more...

A vulnerability in HTC smartphones running Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Mobile 6.1 has been found when it comes uses Bluetooth. According to a Spanish security researcher, an HTC driver installed on... Read more...

A critical bug in the PDF Distiller component of RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) could potentially result in a code injection and execution. A BlackBerry user will have to first open... Read more...

Lately, it's been hard to find a wireless arena in which Google isn't making news. Here's one, though, that might... Read more...

Did you allow your users to bring iPhones into your organization? Don't say we didn't warn you. An iPhone hacker going by the name of "Core," has uncovered a previously unknown AppleTalk Filing... Read more...

In what must be one of the least-surprising study conclusions of the year, embedded-security firm KoolSpan reports that IT professionals are concerned with Read more...

The information the IRS gets and keeps is sensitive for every taxpayer. That's why it's so worrying when the Inspector General announces that wireless deployments and policies make wireless... Read more...

The most serious threat to your network might not come in through a web application vulnerability exploit, but clipped to the belt of a mobile professional. High-capability smart phones and... Read more...