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Accessing emails and corporate data on the go can led to serious data breeches through shoulder surfing

When working on laptops in public places, users are generally unaware of the activity going on in their surroundings, making them vulnerable to curious bystanders, opportunistic criminals or even practiced experts peering over their shoulder to read or record on-screen information. Being the victim of shoulder surfing can make laptop users feel uncomfortable and can impede work productivity if it means shutting down and closing the laptop as a result of being observed.

According to research commissioned by 3M United Kingdom plc in 2007, there is an 80 per cent chance that laptop users have already been a victim. Almost a quarter of UK computer snoopers do it for the opportunity to read people’s business emails and 16 per cent are trying to get a glimpse of someone’s company documents.

The effective management of private, personal and confidential information is an ever increasing concern for international organisations large and small, as factors such as remote working, global t... [ more ]

ENISA report points out the risks and threats of mobile social networking services

Online Social Networking Sites (SNSs) have had an exceptional growth trend on Internet. 211Mn users (out of 283 Mn) in Europe use SNS, and, primarily, Facebook in 11/17 countries studied. The modern way of staying in touch with business or personal contacts is through SNS and other digital tools. Consequently, the ways people meet, share opinions, communicate information and ideas is changing.

The EU ‘cyber security’ Agency - ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) has presented a new report on accessing social networks over mobile phones 'Online as soon as it happens'. The report points out the risks and threats of mobile social networking services, e.g. identity theft, corporate data leakage and reputation risks of mobile social networks. The report also gives 17 ‘golden rules’ on how to combat these threats.

With growing popularity of SNS, the demand for instant, continuous access over the mobile phone has increased-i.e. mobile social networks (MSN). More... [ more ]