smartphones
Android bugs allow attackers to secretly install malware
Jon Oberheide – the security researcher who has so effectively pointed out the existence of a major security bug in the Android platform nearly a year ago – has …
Mobile threat vectors shift enterprise security strategies
Attacks on smartphones are becoming more common, and according to McAfee Labs, new malware targeting Android devices jumped 76 percent in the last quarter. The need to secure …
Smartphone and tablet security tips
ICSA Labs is offering a series of tips that businesses and consumers can use to protect themselves from security risks aimed at smartphones, tablets and apps. 1. Only buy apps …
Trend Micro enhances mobile security for Android
Trend Micro announced Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition, a solution designed to protect Android smartphones and tablets. In January 2011, Trend Micro introduced …
90% of employees use personal devices for work
IT managers feel they lack the necessary tools to properly manage personal devices. A new survey by DELL Kace revealed 87 percent of companies have employees that use some …
Photobucket app helps catch a thief
Photobucket’s mobile app has played an unexpected role in the catching of a purse-snatching thief in California. The app, set to automatically upload the pictures taken …
Chinese mobile phone monitoring service found
What do you think cyber crooks do with the information collected from mobile phones by malware? Trend Micro has one of the answers to that question. Its researchers have …
PoC keylogger app for smartphones revealed
We are all familiar with keyloggers – software that registers and identifies the keys pressed by a computer user – and its prevalently malicious uses. One of the …
Drive-by attacks targeting smartphones are in our future
A new study that has analyzed the behavior of 10,000 applications downloaded from the Android Market, shows that many mobile applications leak personal information and that …
Penetration testing for mobile phones
Core Security announced the Core Impact Pro v12 penetration testing software, a commercial-grade solution that pinpoints security exposures in Android, BlackBerry and iPhone …
Mobile threats soared in past six months
Mobile malware has increased significantly, and Android users are two-and-a-half times as likely to encounter malware today than just six months ago, says Lookout. Based on …
First fingerprint-enabled NFC payment transaction executed
NXP Semiconductors, AuthenTec and DeviceFidelity announced that they are jointly developing reference designs that enable highly secure mobile payments via Android-based …