No one broke into a forum, it was opened up, though obviously not intentionally. Just glad I wasn't online while the doors were left open or I might have done something foolish like click on them.
I am not sure about PM, but the rest of those guys that got banned knew exactly why. The new story in the forums that can't be named is no one has a clue why and it was just mod hate.
They broke into the mod forums and hashed it out on another forum. They then didn't accept the punishments and went batshit crazy over it here resulting in permbans.
Same idiots think I am somehow coddled by the mods and their mole.
Personally if it were my forums...
No one broke into a forum, it was opened up, though obviously not intentionally. Just glad I wasn't online while the doors were left open or I might have done something foolish like click on them.
Enterprise crowd wants to surf the net on their phone like anybody else and it cannot be done well on a tiny screen--even when the blackberry isn't an incredibly slow POS. It absolutely needs a big screen and when the blackberry has that, as some of the new ones are going to have they look like any other smart phone, except without all the apps.Heard a quick story on npr about rim today, more talk of trying to win back the enterprise crowd.with their superior security. Personally think they are too far gone, hearing more and more companies offering to replace blackberries.
More than likely it was obvious to the parties involved.
Personally if it were my forums, I would not tolerate members taking info from private sub-forums I hosted and discussing it on another forum which had a sole purpose of bitching about mine and/or plotting 'flash mob' type bullshit on it.
The problem for RIM and wanting to win back the enterprise crowd is the consumerization of IT. A lot of companies are going to a BYOD model, the company I work for included. So employees are going to bring in the devices they want, and they want iPhones and the latest Android devices. Since we went BYOD the number of iOS and Android devices that get wireless email has exploded, and the number of Blackberry devices has dwindled. Almost to the point it's not even worth keeping the BES server operational.
BYOD makes me cringe. Personal devices in a corporate setting seems sketchy to me. IT has to learn how to troubleshoot every device in existence to support them, and at the end of the day it's still a device funded by the employee which seems like it could cause some conflicts of ownership.
I just hope that if our organization goes that route that they have agreements in place that say the company is not responsible for anything that goes wrong with the device, and that it is required that the device stay functional and available. I can just see it now, people complaining that their plans cost too much so they don't use the phone, or they leave them home, not charged, etc...
BYOD makes me cringe. Personal devices in a corporate setting seems sketchy to me. IT has to learn how to troubleshoot every device in existence to support them, and at the end of the day it's still a device funded by the employee which seems like it could cause some conflicts of ownership.
BYOD makes me cringe. Personal devices in a corporate setting seems sketchy to me. IT has to learn how to troubleshoot every device in existence to support them, and at the end of the day it's still a device funded by the employee which seems like it could cause some conflicts of ownership.
I just hope that if our organization goes that route that they have agreements in place that say the company is not responsible for anything that goes wrong with the device, and that it is required that the device stay functional and available. I can just see it now, people complaining that their plans cost too much so they don't use the phone, or they leave them home, not charged, etc...
As far as support goes, it really hasn't been an issue. For employee owned devices we support the installation and troubleshooting of the email app only (in this case, Good Messaging). The employees understand this, and agree to it when they get email on their phone. I've worked on both the support side when I was in desktop support, and now the email admin side as a sys admin, and support hasn't been much of an issue.
We are getting ready to outsource setup/support/management/billing to a 3rd party vendor though. All corporate owned devices will be supported automatically. Employee owned devices will still get support for the email app and issues related to that, but no support otherwise. They will, however, have the option to pay a fee to get full support for their device.
How are you handling users that install apps on the phone that have back doors? CAn you limit permissions on the phone so that SD cards can't be accessed by applciations and such? You know, all those things you agree to letting an application on a Droid do security wise (read the SD card, use GPS, etc etc etc) All those things people agree to without actually reading what they are agreeing to?
RIM has stated all along that as soon as one big attack on Droids or iOS occurs, corporations will come running to them.
How are you handling users that install apps on the phone that have back doors? CAn you limit permissions on the phone so that SD cards can't be accessed by applciations and such? You know, all those things you agree to letting an application on a Droid do security wise (read the SD card, use GPS, etc etc etc) All those things people agree to without actually reading what they are agreeing to?
Oh NO!!! SOMEONE DO SOMETHING!
Following are five quick tips to help you keep your Android handset free of malware.
Always research the publisher of the app. What other apps does it offer? Do any of them look a bit shady? If so, you should probably stay away.
Read online reviews. Android Market reviews may not always be truthful. Check around to see what reputable Websites are saying about the app before you hit the download button.
Always check app permissions. Whenever you download or update an app, you get a list of permissions for it. An alarm clock app, for instance, probably shouldn't need to look through your contacts. The general rule of thumb: If an app is asking for more than what it needs to do its job, you should skip it.
Android MarketAvoid directly installing Android Package files (APKs). When Angry Birds first came to Android, you could get it only through a third party. This is called "sideloading," or installing apps using an .APK file. Although Angry Birds wasn't malware, in general it is highly advisable not to download and install .APK files that you randomly come across. Most of the time you won't know what the file contains until you install it--and by then it's too late.
Put a malware and antivirus scanner on your phone. Although many people still think that antivirus scanners on phones are useless, maybe outbreaks such as this one will change minds. Several different big-name security companies already offer mobile-security options, many of them free. I myself had downloaded "Spider Man," which is on a bad-apps list. My Lookout software identified it as a Trojan horse.
FWIW:
Just consider this a proof of concept.
http://thepcsecurity.com/android-malware-trojan-steals-credit-card-info-when-speak-enter/
This is what you need to have your employees do:
Ya, everyone does that.
Then there is this:
http://techtrickz.com/news/droidkun...nti-virus-detection-and-turns-phone-into-bot/
What's funny is that in large corporations today, many CTOs want Blackberry's to be standard. Unfortunately, they are told by the CEO that they want Droid and iOS to be the standard. So, CTOs are told the answer by the CEO. Then the CTO has to backfit a justification.