A Security Flaw in Palm Pre Demonstrates Need for Caution

Intrepidus Group announced that they've identified dangerous vulnerabilities in the Palm Pre WebOS. The vulnerabilities illustrate one more reason why we would NEVER use an off-the-shelf mobile device for online banking or anything else really sensitive. Even if the on-line bank app was written without security flaws [which is more than doubtful], flaws in the underlying OS [or Trojan horses embedded in other apps] just make it way too dangerous. Don't be lulled by the fact that Palm has already released an update to WebOS. Remember the mantra: All complex software is flawed and has vulnerabilities.

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