10 Android settings that'll strengthen your security

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:30:00 -0800

You might not know it from all the panic-inducing headlines out there, but Android is actually packed with powerful and practical security features. Some are activated by default and protecting you whether you realize it or not, while others are more out of the way but equally deserving of your attention.

So stop wasting your time worrying about the Android malware monster du jour and which security company is using it to scare you into an unnecessary subscription, and take a moment instead to look through these far more impactful Android security settings — starting with the core elements and moving from there into some more advanced and easily overlooked options.

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ProtonMail launches standalone iOS VPN app

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 03:22:00 -0800

Encrypted email service provider ProtonMail has launched a standalone virtual private network app for iOS devices. With iOS now added to its list, ProtonMail said it now offers protection for the most popular operating systems, which include Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android.

VPN functionality is prevalent in enterprise security products and management products, according to Phil Hochmuth, program director for IDC’s Enterprise Mobility team. At the same time, consumers are increasingly looking at VPN services to shield their online activities on wired networks, as well as on LTE/4G connections, he said.

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ProtonMail launches standalone iOS app

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 03:22:00 -0800

Encrypted email service provider ProtonMail has launched a standalone virtual private network app for iOS devices. With iOS now added to its list, ProtonMail said it now offers protection for the most popular operating systems, which include Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android.

VPN functionality is prevalent in enterprise security products and management products, according to Phil Hochmuth, program director for IDC’s Enterprise Mobility team. At the same time, consumers are increasingly looking at VPN services to shield their online activities on wired networks, as well as on LTE/4G connections, he said.

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Get 90% Off Your First Year of RemotePC, Up To 50 Computers for $6.95

Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:46:00 -0800

iDrive has activated a significant discount on their Remote access software RemotePC in these days leading into Black Friday. RemotePC by iDrive is a full-featured remote access solution that lets you connect to your work, home or office computer securely from anywhere, and from any iOS or Android device. Right now, their 50 computer package is 90% off or just $6.95 for your 1st year. If you’ve been thinking about remote access solutions, now is a good time to consider RemotePC. Learn more about it here.

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Why Apple’s Siri is already an enterprise product

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 08:36:00 -0700

The usual suspects love to spend time claiming Siri lags other voice assistants in some ways, but they don’t seem to understand that Apple’s voice assistant is an enterprise product.

Why is Siri an enterprise product?

This is what happens when you use a voice search tool: You activate the assistant, it listens to what you say, identifies that a request is being made and sends that request to the cloud to be resolved and responded to.

This all happens pretty quickly and after a short delay your response arrives, or an action takes place.

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Mobile Menace Monday: top five scariest mobile threats

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

In the spirit of this upcoming Halloween season, we thought we’d provide you with a list of the top five scariest mobile threats in our book.

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Apple appears to have blocked GrayKey iPhone hacking tool

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:09:00 -0700

Apple has apparently been able to permanently block de-encryption technology from a mysterious Atlanta-based company whose blackbox device was embraced by government agencies to bypass iPhone passcodes.

Atlanta-based Grayshift is one of two companies that claimed it could thwart Apple iPhone passcode security through brute-force attacks.

The blackbox technology purportedly worked, as Grayshift’s technology was snapped up by regional law enforcement and won contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Secret Service.

Another vendor, Israel-based Cellebrite, also discovered a way to unlock encrypted iPhones running iOS 11 and marketed its product to law enforcement and private forensics firms around the world. According to a police warrant obtained by Forbes, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security tested the technology.

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Complete transcript, video of Apple CEO Tim Cook's EU privacy speech

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 03:27:00 -0700

Apple CEO, Tim Cook spoke up for privacy at a conference of European privacy commissioners in Brussels this morning

‘AI must respect human values’

The themes of this year’s conference is “Debating Ethics: Dignity and Respect in Data Driven Life”, Cook is the first tech CEO to serve as the keynote speaker for the conference and was invited to speak.

He talked about data, put in a bid for a bill of U.S. digital rights, slammed competitors for profiting while unleashing powerfully negative forces, and spoke up for a GDPR-style privacy protection in the U.S.

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