by Gary Sims, 1 week ago
NQ mobile, a mobile security company, has released a report which claims that 2012 saw a 163% increase in mobile malware and that over 65,000 new pieces of malware were discovered during the year. This…
category: Security
by Adam Koueider, 3 weeks ago
Samsung is gearing up for the worldwide release of the Galaxy S4, but a big feature for the enterprise won’t be ready for launch. The New York Times is reporting from unnamed sources that the…
by Bogdan Bele, 1 month ago
Chrome security is getting better, as the Google announced via the Chrome blog additional measures that will be deployed in order to prevent users from getting a malicious extension installed. Google had already prevented silent…
by Gary Sims, 1 month ago
A professor of computer science from the University of California, Davis has been doing research into security vulnerabilities in Android apps and has discovered that some apps are exposing interfaces which could be used for malicious purposes. Although the research…
by Bogdan Bele, 1 month ago
Samsung Knox security will become stronger with the inclusion of Absolute Software technology into Samsung’s management feature for the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) business market. The Samsung Knox security system has been announced a while ago, promoting safer…
by Gary Sims, 1 month ago
Some of the biggest names in American telecommunications, including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Comcast and Microsoft, have released an inconclusive report about how the US government should enforce (by law if necessary) cyber security controls in the communications…
by Bams Sadewo, 2 months ago
One of the ways to protect your smartphone from the prying eyes of others is to set a secure lockscreen; be it with the PIN, pattern, or password lock. But then again, they might not…
by Conan Hughes, 2 months ago
Since we reported last week that Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has a lock screen bug, which lets users take a sneak peek of the home screen and cause limited potential harm, another blogger has discovered…
by Simon Hill, 2 months ago
According to the latest report to shock the Android world there’s been a 2000% increase in malware in the Google Play Store and one particularly vicious virus is capable of reaching through the touchscreen and…
by Gary Sims, 2 months ago
Koushik Dutta, the brains behind ClockworkMod Recovery, has released a new superuser access app called ClockworkMod Superuser. The app, which is currently in Beta, is open source which is something that Koush feels was missing for Android. Since superuser…
by Ankit Banerjee, 3 months ago
Android has been growing in popularity at an exponential rate, taking over market share in most (if not all) major markets around the world. Unfortunately, such incredible popularity has a downside as well, making Android…