Security News

Adobe fixes SDK weakness affecting mobile apps
2019-11-11 12:13

Researchers noticed that the main app configuration file, ADBMobileConfig.json, contained settings that could lead to security problems.

Mobile security firms will help protect Google Play
2019-11-07 13:19

Google has partnered with mobile security companies ESET, Lookout and Zimperium to identify potentially harmful and unwanted apps before they are listed on Google Play. “The Android ecosystem is...

HID Global adds HID Mobile Access for opening buildings and doors to VMware Workspace ONE
2019-11-07 00:30

HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, announced it is collaborating with VMware to drive mass adoption of mobile access to digital and physical places by adding HID Mobile...

Chinese APT Group Targets Mobile Networks: FireEye Mandiant
2019-11-04 18:48

New Malware 'Messagetap' Intercepts Communications for Espionage, Researchers SayThe Chinese advanced threat group APT41 is using a new espionage tool to intercept SMS messages from specific phone...

Risky transactions on mobile devices increase 138% since 2017
2019-11-04 05:30

Risky transactions on mobile devices are showing an increase of 138% since 2017, iovation survey of 802 consumers from the United Kingdom and 802 consumers from the United States reveals. “Our...

Chinese Cyberspies Use New Malware to Intercept SMS Traffic at Mobile Operators
2019-10-31 14:49

A newly discovered piece of malware has been used by a China-linked threat group to spy on SMS traffic as it passes through the servers of telecommunications companies, FireEye reported on...

Mobile Devices: Protecting Critical Data
2019-10-31 14:48

Mobile devices are attractive targets for attackers because of messages, call logs, location data and more. State-sponsored groups are digging ever deeper into mobile hacking, says Brian Robison...

Belgian city slurps mobile data to track visitors
2019-10-31 11:52

Local regulator says it hasn't approved scheme. Meanwhile, Spain up to similar tricks Updated The Belgian city of Kortrijk in West Flanders is using data provided by a mobile phone company to...

Belgian city slurps mobile data to track visitors – report
2019-10-31 11:52

Local regulator says it hasn't approved scheme. Meanwhile, Spain up to similar tricks The Belgian city of Kortrijk in West Flanders is reportedly using data provided by a mobile phone company to...

Rakuten Mobile to optimize F5’s new mobile network and accelerate its path to 5G
2019-10-31 00:30

F5 Networks announced that it has partnered with Rakuten Mobile, the mobile network subsidiary of Rakuten Group, to support the company’s October launch of the world’s first fully virtualized,...