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Apple confirmed Thursday it would press ahead with mobile software changes that limit tracking for targeted advertising - a move that has prompted complaints from Facebook and others. The iPhone maker said it was moving ahead with updates to its mobile operating system to give users more information and control on tracking by apps on Apple devices.
Mozilla now offers a VPN service that protects Windows and mobile devices, and soon your Linux and macOS desktops. Jack Wallen shows you how to use the new offering.
Microsoft has delivered a managed VPN for mobile devices - using a Linux container. Microsoft is currently previewing an alternative to the Windows VPN, Microsoft Tunnel, aimed at iOS, iPadOS, and Android Enterprise devices.
New research shows that 77 percent of pharmaceutical mobile phishing attempts in the third-quarter of 2020 sought to deliver malware on victims' systems. "On a global scale, there have been multiple reports of foreign adversaries targeting pharmaceutical industry executives with mobile spear phishing attacks," according to Hank Schless, senior manager of security solutions at Lookout wrote on Tuesday in an analysis of the trend.
That's because pretty much every mobile phone in the world can receive text messages, regardless of its age, feature set or ability to access the internet. The obvious solution in cases like this, where you want to check if there really is a problem with your mobile phone account balance - or your credit card statement, or, your latest home delivery, or your streaming video subscription, or whatever it might be.
Adobe on Tuesday informed customers that it has patched vulnerabilities in its Reader Mobile and Connect products, but none of them appears too serious. The company says the patches are already being rolled out to hosted services and they should become available for on-premises deployments later this week.
A new banking trojan has been discovered targeting Android users, with the capabilities to spy on 153 mobile apps from various banks, cryptocurrencies and exchanges. Kaspersky telemetry shows that all victims of the Ghimob mobile banking trojan are currently located in Brazil at the moment.
The Wroba mobile banking trojan has made a major pivot, targeting people in the U.S. for the first time. Where Android users are served up the full Wroba download, according to researchers, the executable doesn't work on iPhone.
The virtual edition of the HITBCyberWeek 2020 security conference starts on November 15. Simultaneously, those in search for specific cyber security knowledge and effective exercises can opt for one of the virtual trainings that have been scheduled to take place.
Motorola will push ThinkShield onto the business end of its smartphone portfolio, as an extension of the security and management programme on Lenovo's laptop and desktop line. ThinkShield for mobile devices consists of four components, with the first being a "Clean OS". In practice, this means Motorola will avoid loading up devices with unnecessary non-stock software, from additional bloatware to UI overlays.