“Security is hard”, BlackBerry exec chides Samsung

WATERLOO, ON – BlackBerry’s new president of global enterprise services used his first official public communication to take a swing at rival Samsung which is attempting to gain a foothold in the lucrative enterprise mobility business.In a post Tuesday on the Inside BlackBerry Business Blog, John Sims questioned whether Samsung’s Knox-enabled Galaxy S4 smartphones can “survive in a hostile environment”, referencing recent reports that researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev discovered “a major vulnerability” that allows hackers to easily intercept data from the devices.“Coupled with previous issues that have come to light regarding their security, this critical vulnerability calls into...