by Bogdan Bele, 2 days ago

Cellcontrol’s  new feature called DriveID, allowing it to prevent only the driver of the car from using his phone, is demoed in the video Android Authority took at CTIA 2013, alongside the other features of…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 1 week ago

The rise of mobile devices and persistent connectivity, as well as apps and cloud services, has put us all at potential risk when it comes to online security. Simply put, it’s no longer as basic…

by Gary Sims, 2 weeks 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…

by David Gonzales, 3 weeks ago

Credit: expertinfantry/Flickr Both Samsung and Apple are set to receive security approval from the U.S. Department of Defense very soon, according to a new report on the Wall Street Journal. To be more specific, officials…

by Bogdan Bele, 4 weeks ago

Google Play Store security has been improved, with the company taking an additional measure to make sure you don’t download malware thinking it’s a legitimate update. After the latest revamp, Google has now also updated…

by Adam Koueider, 4 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 Adam Koueider, 1 month ago

If we cast our minds back to 2012, we may remember the uproar from the technology community, after a hacker broke into tech journalist Mat Honan’s Twitter, Google and Apple accounts. This prompted Google to…

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 Chris Smith, 1 month ago

With air-related travel security at an all-time high, a security expert and pilot reveals that airplanes can be hijacked with help of an Android phone and additional software that can take advantage of the dated…

by Gary Sims, 1 month ago

New research from security specialists Bitdefender suggests that as many as one third of free Android apps access and upload your private data (including your phone number) to third parties. Issues around privacy and security are constantly with us in…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 1 month ago

As much as we would rather not report on yet another Android malware scare (we think security issues are overblown and that any platform is vulnerable, anyway), this one seems to be a first in…

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 Robert Triggs, 1 month ago

Earlier today a security exploit for the Xperia Z showed up, allowing unwanted users to bypass your lock screen and gain full access to your handset. This adds Sony to the list of companies which…

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…