Recent Blog Posts

Now hold your breath - the Olympic year is nearly upon us
As we usher in the end of 2011 many of us will be glad that a pretty traumatic year has finished. With continuing turmoil across financial markets, revolutions and civil war it makes one wonder what else is set to challenge us in 2012. The answer...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 19th December '11

BSIMM Version 3 - A Joy to Behold!
The lastest version of BSIMM - Building Security in Maturity Model has just been released [27th September 2011]. When the BSIMM project started I was excited but apprehensive - the challenge to produce such a maturity model was enormous. With BSIMM3...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 3rd October '11

Secure Systems Development Conference - A Must See!
On Thursday 19th May 2011 I will be speaking at The 2nd International Secure Systems Development Conference in London on the subject of smartphone security, entitled I own your smart phone (and of course your private life and your business life) But...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 27th April '11

BBC Interviews Nigel Stanley on Phone Hacking
Another phone hacking story went live last week here  This was a package we had recorded a couple of weeks ago and it was scheduled for release during InfoSec 2011 week - as if that week wasn't going to be busy enough!The video demonstrates just how...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 26th April '11

BBC Story on Bloor Research into Jihadists use of Smartphones
An interesting story from the BBC based on some research I have been doing with Nico Prucha based at the University of Vienna. We found jihadists were compiling packages of information designed to be received on smartphones. They contained copies of...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 26th April '11

Mobile Phone Hacking at Counter Terrorism Expo, London, April 2011
This year's Counter Terrorism Conference (London, 19th–20th April 2011) looks set to be one of the largest CT events ever. We need to keep up with new threats and challenges, and I have been asked to speak at the conference on cell/mobile...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 13th April '11

What is the most secure smartphone?
If I had £1 for everytime I was asked, What is the most secure smartphone?, I don't think I would be sitting here blogging. The recent withdrawal of a raft of Android apps has yet again focused people's minds on this important...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 9th March '11

McAfee and Wind River - Blown Together Nicely
Life is moving fast in the world of mobile device security. With announcements last week at Mobile World Conference of ever more powerful smartphones and mobile devices, the game of security catch-up needs to be happening quicker than ever. The...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 22nd February '11

Sound Trojan for Smartphones
This is an interesting paper. It introduces some work called Soundminer, a stealthy and context-aware sound Trojan for smartphones. It explores the threat of smartphone malware with access to on-board sensors, which opens new avenues for secret...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 14th February '11

Smartphone and Mobile Security - 2011 will be an Historical Year
At long last more people are realising that 2011 is quickly becoming the tipping point for mobile security issues, as reported here. This is an area I am actively researching and I will be producing a range of reports and recommendations over the...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 21st January '11

Consumerisation is a challenge for IT managers. Is the smartphone to blame?
Smartphone use and security was debated by a panel I ran at the Infosecurity Europe exhibition's press conference in London the other day. It was an interesting debate - see more here
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 13th January '11

Are Smartphone users more dippy than most?
....recent reports from Trusteer would suggest so. After gaining access to web server logs from phishing sites they found that: Mobile users are the first to arrive at phishing sites Mobile users accessing phishing websites are three times more...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 11th January '11

Cybercrime, Cyberwars, Cyberterrorism and Hacktivism
This month (December 2010) has seen the mainstream media alive with stories of hacktivists attacking payment websites, including Visa, MasterCard and PayPal, in response to those organisations' refusal to take payments in support of the WikiLeaks...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 14th December '10

Sky News, Stuxnet and the End of the World
So Stuxnet hit the TV news again last night as it was announced that Cybercriminals have got hold of the Stuxnet virus. I watched a Sky News package in open mouthed disbelief coupled with hoots of laughter as so called security experts predicted the...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 26th November '10

Google Android apps found to be sharing data
Here's an interesting story that has recently emerged. It's great to see some useful research into privacy issues and mobile phone applications. By tainting private data researchers were able to see exactly what happened to data once it left the...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 4th October '10

Application Code Security
Software development managers and information security professionals need to act now to address the security of the software they write, purchase or co-opt into their solutions. Failing to act due to lack of a pragmatic and cost-effective solution...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 9th September '10