by David Gonzales, 4 days ago

Samsung, along with other tech industry giants, met with New York Attorney General Erich Schneiderman recently to discuss the implementation of the smartphone kill switch that we’ve talked about before in order to reduce the…

by Robert Triggs, 6 days ago

Credit: dumbledad Possibly one of the best upgrades shown off at the iOS7 unveiling was the enhanced security features which help prevent thieves from using stolen iPhone’s. Extra security is certainly a deterrent to would…

by Andrew Grush, 1 week ago

 You love your smartphone and the convenience it brings to your daily life, but having the latest and greatest comes at a cost: you are a potential target for phone theft. Luckily, there are plenty…

by Bogdan Bele, 1 week ago

Credit: Daum Android Lost is an easy to use app which allows you to find your phone or to remove sensitive data from it in order to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands….

by Bogdan Bele, 4 weeks 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 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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…