Symantec announces iOS and Android security products

by Jago Maniscalchi // October 11, 2010 // Threat Mitigation // No comments

Most of the big companies in the modern age of business are moving to the acquisition model rather than developing new technologies, Symantec has made a few purchases in recent years.

Their latest move is to offer security for the hot smartphone platforms Android and iOS, which powers the new iPhone 4 and iPad. The most recent security flaw on Android was due to an exploit in Flash that could be used to compromise the system.

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Jago Maniscalchi is a Cyber security consultant, though he tries to avoid the word "Cyber" at all costs. He has spent 15 years working with Information Systems and has experience in website hosting, software engineering, infrastructure management, data analysis and security assessment. Jago lives in London with his family, enough pets to start a small zooalogical society, and a Samsung NaviBot Robotic Vacuum Cleaner. Despite an aptitude for learning computer languages, his repeated attempts to learn Italian have resulted in spectacular failure.