Security News

Mobile security stripped bare: Why we need to start again (Help Net Security)
2016-09-28 13:30

We’re all familiar with the cartoon image of a character stopping a water leak by plugging a finger into the hole, only for another leak to start, needing another finger, and so on, until the...

By 2018, 25 percent of new mobile apps will talk to IoT devices (Help Net Security)
2016-09-28 13:00

With the convergence of devices, bots, things and people, organizations will need to master two dimensions of mobility, according to Gartner. CIOs and IT leaders will need to excel at mainstream...

Mobile users actively spammed from compromised iCloud accounts (Help Net Security)
2016-09-19 19:31

Spammers have been compromising North American Apple users’ iCloud accounts, and using them to send spammy text messages to mobile users in China. The messages advertise counterfeit Prada and...

US 911 emergency system can be crippled by a mobile botnet (Help Net Security)
2016-09-13 12:55

What would it take for attackers to significantly disrupt the 911 emergency system across the US? According to researchers from Ben-Gurion Univerisity of the Negev’s Cyber-Security Research...