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According to a survey by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, about 75% of Australians are either “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with their telecommunications services. I was surprised to see that there wasn’t a massive difference between metropolitan and rural areas, despite rural areas having a much less options and less bandwidth as metro areas. Those users who weren’t happy largely focused on price, customer service and poor mobile reception.
Read more here:
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311777
Growth projection for the mobile sector does not look good 
Read More Here:
http://www.iphonestalk.com/new-survey-results-bring-good-and-bad-news-for-the-mobile-sector/
An interesting article about pedophilia and ’sexting’ in the mobile age. Sexting means sending nude or semi-nude pictures of oneself on mobile phones to others. Two cases are discussed in the article.
In my opinion, lawmakers should consider the changes in technology and evolve the laws to deal with the new issues emerging from the proliferation of cell phones in our societies and changes to the ways mobile phones are used.
Take the poll on marwan.com:
http://www.marwan.com/2007/08/will-iphone-be-unlocked-within-45-days.php
I Predicted 45 days for the iPhone to work with other than AT&T! Have your say at marwan.com 
CertMag has releaed their latest reveiw of certifications. They rated certifications from 1-10 according to certian criterias. To read the article go here:
http://www.certmag.com/articles/templates/CM_gen_Article_template.asp?articleid=2401&zoneid=1
Thanks again Clement and Nathalie from http://www.cccure.org/ :)
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Master’s information technology $71,000 |
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PhD information technology $84,000 |
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CCNA $66,000 |
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CCSA $71,000 |
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CCSE $71,000 |
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CCSP $73,000 |
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GIAC $74,000 |
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CISSP $76,000 |
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CEH $77,000 |
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CCIE $82,000 |
Also look at:
CertMag’s 2005 Salary Survey
Or maybe you should consider a career change, perhaps mining related:
http://mycareer.com.au/advice-research/revenge-nerds.html
Just like Hard Disks, selling your used mobile phone can be dangerous. It can reveal potentially unsafe and secretive information about you or your business. Sometimes, following manufacturers’ data erase instructions is not enough as the article below shows.
Links:
Sydney Morning Herald Article 1
Sydney Morning Herald Article 2
A post I published on Marwan.com in 2004:
http://www.marwan.com/2004/09/think-twice-before-selling-your-mobile.php
Sorry, the link to the Khaleej Times article is outdated.
UPDATE:
Hard Disks Still Discarded
Organizations and individuals are still leaving critical data on disks later sold on through online auctions and computer fairs, according to a new study. The research carried out by BT, the University of Glamorgan in Wales and Edith Cowan University in Australia found payroll information, mobile telephone numbers, copies of invoices, employee names and photos, IP addresses, network information, illicit audio and video files, financial details including bank and credit card accounts on hard drives purchased from a number of sources.
To read full article please click on the following link:
http://www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/article/577355/critical-data-found-second-
hand-hard-drives
Another article
http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=5e5ce27a-ce88-4
8d7-8ebc-ace912050674
And the Guardian…
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1840396,00.html
I’m not surprised. I’ve been asking people about their mobile’s model number for my research and all I hear from them is “I don’t know”. So, I don’t even bother asking them what OS version it is running. What surprises me though is people often know what their model is NOT!… Here is a typical scenario:
Me: Hey, what model number is your mobile phone?
Them: I don’t know…. Some crappy model!
Me: Is it the N90?
Them: No….. I wish it was! This is a crappier older one. I don’t know the exact model number though.
And that marks the end of the conversation… No point asking them what Symbian version they are running…
One of the problems in my openion is that some phone manufacturers produce model numbes with a difference of one digit like 6600 and 6610 ans so on. Or something like SPX240 and SPX240i or something… Confusing ay?
Link to article on the study:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/07/18/study-many-dont-know-the-model-of-their-phone/
This article reports that 16% of mobile phones are proprietary and quoted: “Standard forensics tools don’t address the less popular types of phone,” from Tyler Moore, a researcher at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, speaking at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security.
I recently got a proprietary phone and it does look like there are no connectivity options provided with it apart from the usb cable that provides access to mp3 and mp4 content only and no access to other phone data. I am yet to test it with forensics tools though. If you have any experience with there kinds of phones, please comment on this post.
My mobile phone details:
- Sansing S5688 (also known as P990)
Fyodor released the results of the 2006 top security tools
survey. Beside others, I suggest to have a look at the Metasploit project: even released only in 2004 it is at #5, ahead of many well-loved tools that have been developed for more than a decade. Metasploit Framework is an advanced open-source platform for developing, testing, and using exploit code.
survey. Beside others, I suggest to have a look at the Metasploit project: even released only in 2004 it is at #5, ahead of many well-loved tools that have been developed for more than a decade. Metasploit Framework is an advanced open-source platform for developing, testing, and using exploit code.
For further info on the survey go to http://sectools.org/
Thanks again, Fyodor.
