Security News

A closer look at mobile permissions one year into GDPR
2019-05-24 05:00

With GDPR reaching its one year anniversary May 25, Airship revealed top-level results of its global benchmark study, examining the state of mobile app user permissions across nearly 700 million...

Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost
2019-05-23 11:39

After nine months of alpha testing, a stable release of the Tor browser for Android can now be downloaded from Google’s Play store or direct from the Project’s website.

Attackers Could Use Mobile Device Sensors to Generate Unique Device Fingerprint: Research
2019-05-22 16:31

Researchers at Cambridge University have determined that attackers could use the built-in motion sensors in mobile devices to generate a unique device fingerprint. read more

Arm suspends cooperation with Huawei, endangering mobile and server business
2019-05-22 13:40

UK-based Arm Holdings has issued a memo to staff indicating it must stop working with Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei, following a US trade dispute.

ThreatQ adds support for mobile and PRE-ATT&CK in response to rapid customer adoption
2019-05-21 02:30

ThreatQuotient, a leading security operations platform innovator, announced that the ThreatQ integration with MITRE ATT&CK now includes support for PRE-ATT&CK and Mobile. Together with Enterprise...

Mobile Risks Boom in a Post-Perimeter World
2019-05-16 18:36

The bloom is on mobile, whether it be the enterprise, employees or the cybercriminals plotting new ways to slip past a corporate defenses in a post-parameter world.

71% of medical devices still run on Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows mobile
2019-05-15 13:54

Medical IoT devices carry significant cybersecurity risks, according to a Forescout report.

Boost Mobile Detected Unauthorized Activity on Customer Accounts
2019-05-14 17:54

California-based Boost Mobile, founded in 2000 as a joint venture with Nextel Communications and now a Sprint subsidiary, has warned an unspecified number of customers about unauthorized online...

U.S. Blocks China Mobile, Citing National Security
2019-05-10 01:40

US regulators on Thursday denied a request by China Mobile to operate in the US market and provide international telecommunications services, saying links to the Chinese government pose a national...

Lax Telco Security Allows Mobile Phone Hijacking and Redirects
2019-05-08 17:14

A Q&A with Kaspersky Lab researcher David Jacoby examines a gaping hole in the telco customer-service process that allows adversaries to commandeer phone calls.