Thursday, December 27, 2012

Are you worried about security of paying for items from your mobile device?

As more and more people use their phones and tablets to do shopping and paying for their purchases, are more and more people at risk for a cyber attack?  Yes.


 
If you are interested in this topic I recommend reading an article by Kenneth Corbin "Researches Warn of Security Threats to Mobile Payment Platforms".

 In this article Javelin Strategy and Research concludes that moving money through a mobile browser is inherently less secure than using apps. The firm counsels that merchants offer payments channels through secured apps, and that shoppers avoid transmitting money through an open mobile browser, where users can fall prey to spoofed websites and phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks.

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