Security News

How to minimize the negative effect of mobile device loss or theft
2018-10-03 05:30

Have you, like me, become inordinately obsessed with the security of your smartphone? And are you forever checking your pockets to make sure you haven’t left it behind in a coffee shop, your car,...

Mobile password managers vulnerable to phishing apps
2018-09-28 12:30

Several leading Android-based password managers can be fooled into auto-filling login credentials on behalf of fake phishing apps.

Looking after the corporate Apple mobile fleet? Beware: MDM onboarding is 'insecure'
2018-09-27 14:47

Researchers check bootstrap enrolment tech, suck teeth, whistle Hackers can blow holes in Apple's managed service technology and sneak their own rogue devices onto corporate fleets of mobile iThings.…

Major US mobile carriers want to be your password
2018-09-14 11:18

Project Verify from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile aims to replace your password.

Barrage of Mobile Fraud Attacks Will Increase
2018-09-13 15:52

Mobile, as a financial fraud threat vector, is growing dramatically. Fifty-eight percent of digital transactions now originate from mobile devices, and one-third of attacks are via mobile. read more

Mobile fraud is increasing, attack rates rising 24% year-over-year
2018-09-13 06:00

ThreatMetrix released new cybercrime insights from the first half of 2018, revealing a sharp rise in fraud attack levels on mobile transactions. As consumer behavior increasingly embraces mobile...

U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity
2018-09-12 20:58

The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each...

‘Domestic Kitten’ Mobile Spyware Campaign Aims at Iranian Targets
2018-09-07 21:11

Spreading via fake Android apps, the malware lifts a range of sensitive information from victims' devices.