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9 ways to protect data on your smartphone

Recent headlines of Hollywood celebrities’ nude photos leaking onto the Internet remind us of the privacy risks we face when we store personal data – particularly …

Cellphone surveillance systems can track almost anybody

The surveillance tech industry is booming, and we should be worried about it. Poorly regulated and exceedingly secretive, the companies that create surveillance solutions for …

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Using the iStorage datAshur Personal secure USB flash drive

The iStorage datAshur Personal is a PIN-activated USB flash drive designed for everyday use, both private and corporate. The drive comes in three sizes: 8GB, 16GB and 32GB.

Mobile device security: Tackling the risks

Mobile devices with their large data capacities, always on capabilities, and global communications access, can represent both a business applications’ dream and a …

Serious flaws in cell phone carrier control software found

At the Black Hat conference this week, two Accuvant researchers have disclosed serious security flaws in the carrier control software used in over 2 billion cellular devices …

Almost 1 in 10 Android apps are now malware

Cheetah Mobile Threat Research Labs analyzed trends in mobile viruses for Q1 and Q2 of 2014. Pulling 24.4 million sample files they found that 2.2 million files had viruses, …

How organizations deal with BYOD and mobile security

A new study found that nearly half of respondents agreed that users bringing downloaded apps or content with embedded security exploits into their organization, as well as …

Exploring the BYOD security dynamic

Webroot examined the use and security of personal mobile devices in the work environment from both the employee and employer perspectives. The initial survey, conducted in …

Risks of selling used smartphones

AVAST Software easily retrieved personal data from used smartphones sold online, despite consumers deleting their data. From the used devices, researchers was able to recover …

Mobile banking users to exceed 1.75 billion by 2019

Over 1.75 billion mobile phone users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2019, compared to 800 million this year, according to Juniper Research. …

Exploring the mobile security landscape

In this interview, Adam Ely, COO of Bluebox, discusses the most significant mobile security challenges for enterprise security professionals, illustrates how BYOD is shaping …

Security weakness found in WiFi enabled LED light bulb

Researchers at Context Information Security have been able to expose a security weakness in a WiFi enabled, energy efficient LED light bulb that can be controlled from a …

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