Security News

Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data
2018-06-22 20:30

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users. The decision is a major development for privacy...

Supreme Court Bolsters Mobile-Phone Privacy Rights
2018-06-22 17:40

Supreme Court decision requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant to gain access to cellphone records for tracking citizens.

Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose Their Unprotected Firebase Hosted Databases
2018-06-21 11:32

Mobile security researchers have discovered unprotected Firebase databases of thousands of iOS and Android mobile applications that are exposing over 100 million data records, including plain text...

Thousands of Mobile Apps Leak Data from Firebase Databases
2018-06-20 15:56

Thousands of mobile applications running on iOS and Android have exposed over 113 gigabytes of data from 2,300 unsecured Firebase databases, enterprise mobile security firm Appthority says in a...

3,000+ mobile apps leaking data from unsecured Firebase databases
2018-06-20 11:30

Appthority published research on its discovery of a new HospitalGown threat variant that occurs when app developers fail to require authentication to Google Firebase databases. Appthority security...

8 biggest risk factors for company-owned mobile devices and how to avoid them
2018-06-19 19:50

Mobile devices pose some unique problems when it comes to securing data. Learn some of the challenges and recommendations for success.

The challenges of securing mobile workers and keeping data secure
2018-06-15 12:00

Recently, Apricorn announced new research highlighting that 95 percent of surveyed organisations in the UK recognise problems with mobile and remote working, and nearly one in five (18%) suggest...

U.S. Intelligence Cautions World Cup Travelers on Mobile Use
2018-06-14 13:38

World Cup travelers should leave their mobile phones, laptops and tablets behind.

Protecting consumers from mobile and IoT threats
2018-06-12 11:30

A new report by Allot Communications revealed a dynamic and automated threat landscape in which consumers lack the security expertise to effectively protect themselves. Mobile and Internet of...

Facebook gave user data access to Chinese mobile device makers, too
2018-06-06 18:44

On Sunday, The New York Times revealed that Facebook has been providing mobile phone and tablet vendors access to user (and users’ friends’) data even though the users did not consent to it and...