-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patr...@ianai.net> wrote:
> > But it is not -just- market share. There are a lot more Windows Mobile > compromises, viruses, etc., than iOS, Symbian, and RIM. I think > combined. Yet Windows Mobile has the lowest market share of the four. > So unless that is spill over because Windows Mobile & Windows Desktop > have the same vulnerabilities, it shows that market share is only one > piece of the puzzle. > > All that said, the biggest problem is users. Social Engineering is a far > bigger threat than anything in software. And I don't know how we stop > that. Anyone have an idea? > Actually, it *is* market-share. That's the "low-hanging fruit" for criminals. And educating users? That bus left the station long ago. Let's not be distracted from the issue here -- ISPs. xSPs, and other similar providers have a responsibility here that should not shirk, or pass along. Police your own backyards. Before someone else forces you to do so. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFMDxwAq1pz9mNUZTMRAssSAJ9HDGFhEQ3X1mfV25FPoVLCpx7xDACg3/Hr UbkgB/Mb+J0/Z7YRBO9OPL8= =E0MH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
