Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 10:16:15 +0000
Originally targeting users from Japan, Korea, and China, Roaming Mantis is quickly spreading worldwide, infecting smartphones through hacked wi-fi routers.
Read moreCredit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 10:02:40 +0000
Do you follow the news? The news may also be following you. ZooPark spyware targets those partial to politics.
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Credit to Author: Ken Mingis| Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:30:00 -0700
One of the many topics techies like to debate is whether Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS is more inherently secure. Sure, Apple has a closed system that makes it harder for iPhone users to get into trouble. But the frequent headlines about Android malware usually miss the point.
As Computerworld‘s JR Raphael explains, an Android user would really have to work at picking up malware. Android has multiple layers of defense; malware doesn’t install itself without user intervention; and the chances of actually coming across damaging malware is really, really small.
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:32:00 -0700
With police departments and federal agencies lining up to buy technology from two companies whose products can bypass iPhone security mechanisms, experts said users concerned about privacy should use a strong passcode to help prevent unwanted access to data.
That’s also true for enterprise users with iPhones that access potentially sensitive coporate data.
Simply put, complex passcodes are always better for security, according to Phil Hochmuth, IDC’s program director for enterprise mobility. Common best practices for creating a hard-to-crack passcode includes using both upper- and lower-case characters, numbers and uncommon words.
Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:00:16 +0000
Hidden miners detected in soccer and VPN apps on Google Play — steer clear!
Read moreCredit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:00:48 +0000
Almost every new smartphone now lets you unlock it with your face — and that’s really bad for security.
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Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 08:58:00 -0800
Google is slowly pulling back the curtains on its next-gen Android P release. Yesterday, we got our first glimpse at a work-in-progress, developer-focused preview of the software — and today, we’re getting a closer look at what exactly is new when it comes to Android P and the ever-evolving subject of Android security.
I had the chance to chat with Xiaowen Xin, Google’s Android platform security product manager, about some of the significant changes on the way with Android P. Here’s the inside scoop on what you can expect:
Credit to Author: Petter Nordwall| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:39:55 +0000
We’re at Mobile World Congress 2018 and ready to unveil Sophos Mobile 8.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/eU6EKi5e4l4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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