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• Will Amazon Kindle Fire burn up the enterprise?

  Watch out, CIOs! The Kindle Fire may be coming to a cubicle near you.

• iPads power productivity gains at MicroStrategy

  Software vendor MicroStrategy has realized that 2,300 corporate iPads create a time machine. Employees now have instant access, via Wi-Fi or 3G, to the company's real-time business data and processes.

• Android Trojan records phone calls

  A new Android Trojan is capable of recording phone conversations, according to a CA security researcher.

• Symantec finds big differences in iOS, Android security

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a> iOS and Google <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> have some big differences when it comes to mobile <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a>, creating distinct potential vulnerabilities for enterprises embracing devices running these operating systems, according to analysis by Symantec.

• Forrester's iPad Security Tips

  Market researcher Forrester has some unpleasant news for those of you running iPad apps in your enterprise. Forrester's iPad take: Chances are good that commercial apps don't protect sensitive data on an iPad or iPhone.

• More malware apps sneak into Google Market

  More malware targeting Google <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> devices but pretending to be legit apps managed to sneak into Google Market over the long holiday weekend, and Google did take steps to yank them, according to a mobile <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> firm.

• IBM: Mobile phone, cloud security issues can impact IT

  IBM says IT staff need to pay extra attention to use of mobile devices and cloud infrastructure on business networks because both technologies are still young, and security can be sketchy.

• Emerging iPhone, iPad 2 app enables remote surveillance

  An iPad app that may soon play a pivotal role connecting soldiers on the street with airplanes hovering high above will be shown for the first time next month at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas.

• Google still scrambling to recover from DroidDream Android attack

  Last week's revelation that over 50 apps in the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/030811-android-security-apps.html">Google Android market</a> were malware-laden has shaken up Google and the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030311-security-roundup.html">security industry</a> to its core.

• Android security: Six tips to protect your Google phone

  Google's Android Market mobile software shop was hit last week with its first major malware attack.

• Advanced Zeus Trojan hits Polish ING customers

  A version of the Zeus malware that intercepts one-time passcodes sent by SMS (Short Message Service) is targeting customers of the financial institution ING in Poland.

• Sophos aims to reduce mobile security risks

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/060910-sophos-threat-analysis.html">Sophos</a> today said it would soon roll out its Mobile Control package that will let enterprise customers apply <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011911-black-hat-mobile-attacks.html">controls to all things mobile</a>, from iPads and iPhones to the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/windows.html">Windows</a> Mobile and Symbian devices.

• Hosted service promises to protect corporate documents on smartphones

  A hosted application for securing shared corporate documents is being extended to handheld devices. With WatchDox, mobile users can view and even selected documents, but be prevented from saving, printing, or forwarding them, if desired.

• Hackers release new version of iPhone Jailbreak app

  The latest version of software that allows iPhone owners to install applications not approved by Apple has been released just days after the practice was declared legal under U.S. copyright law.

• McAfee to acquire Trust Digital to further mobile security

  McAfee Tuesday said it's signed an agreement to acquire privately held Trust Digital as part of its strategy to expand into the mobile security arena, the enterprise sector in particular. The acquisition price for Trust Digital was not disclosed.