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Conversation-spying Android Trojan in the wild

Android malware has so far been spotted doing things like sending text messages or making calls to premium service numbers, sending out information about the device and …

How to secure patient records on mobile devices

Mobile devices have become as common as the stethoscope in patient’s rooms. Physicians routinely review patients’ electronic health records (EHR), read test …

Android malware trends

Could it be that 2011 is the year when the long-standing predictions about the rise of mobile malware come true? Symantec’s Irfan Asrar thinks that there are definite …

The mobile security conundrum

Whilst the range and variety of IT security defenses for portable computers – that’s netbooks and laptops to most people – is excellent, and able to cater …

Protect yourself while surfing the mobile web

Lookout Mobile Security introduced Safe Browsing to protect against online threats when surfing the Web from a mobile device. Safe Browsing users can feel confident that they …

F-Secure Mobile Security 7 protects smartphones and tablets

The mobile world is changing fast. Smartphones and tablet computers are at the cutting edge of technological sophistication and defining what is cool to a new generation of …

First mobile wireless storage for iOS

Seagate announced GoFlex Satellite mobile wireless storage, the first battery-powered external hard drive to wirelessly extend the storage capacity of any Wi-Fi enabled mobile …

Michigan State Police denies downloading drivers’ phone data

A few days ago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan made public their belief that the Michigan State Police might have been using portable devices that allowed them …

Your iPhone keeps an unencrypted record of your movements

If you are an owner of an iPhone or a 3G iPad, you’ll probably want to know that your location – along with a timestamp – is recorded by the device and …

Encrypted text messaging for BlackBerry and Android

ProtectedSMS enables BlackBerry and Android users to exchange secure, encrypted text messages with individuals who have installed the software. Unlike other secure texting …

Michigan police downloading drivers’ phone data without warrants?

For a few years now, the Michigan State Police has been using portable devices that allow them to secretly extract personal information from cell phones of drivers who have …

Gaping security hole in Skype for Android

The Skype application for Android contains a flaw that allows a rogue app to access and harvest users’ personal information and things like chat logs from the device …

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