Keep your phone healthy: H1N1 vs. SymbOS/Yxes

by Axelle Apvrille
October 13, 2009 at 7:47 am

Lately, we’ve been fed with H1N1 flu security measures, with recommendations regarding how to clean our hands, sneeze or cough. I just wonder if we’d be so obedient if the same recommendations were issued for our computers or phones.

Have a look at the advice below: on the left are CDC’s recommendations against H1N1. On the right… Fortinet’s recommendations against SymbOS/Yxes.

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Convinced? Will you follow them?

Author bio: Axelle Apvrille's initial field of expertise is cryptology, security protocols and OS. She is a senior antivirus analyst and researcher for Fortinet, where she more specifically looks into mobile malware.

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