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In its new report titled “Mobile Security Opportunities: Strategies for Tablets, Smartphones & Feature phones 2011-2016,” Juniper Research predicts that the market for security software for mobile devices and tablets will reach almost $3.7 billion by 2016, with enterprise and business users accounting for almost 69% of the market. Unsurprisingly, the recent series of high-profile…
You might have heard that RIM was set to cooperate with London authorities to investigate who was participating in the local riots. BBM has apparently been instrumental in organizing groups of looters. A hacking group called TeaMpOisoN didn’t take particularly kindly to this, and took over control of the official Inside BlackBerry blog to issue…
While hearing about Android malware is nothing new, the researchers at CA Community have found an Android malware which can record your phone calls. Holy security risk, Batman! What’s scary is that the permissions needed for this “app” look like your standard permissions for many other apps including hardware controls, phone calls and system tools.…
Apple has just announced that it plans to fix or patch an iPhone and iPad security issue, where PDF files can be maliciously used by hackers to gain access to user data, and infect their devices without their knowledge. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security warned of “critical weaknesses in iOS, and Apple has responded…
NTT DoCoMo is teaming-up with McAfee to provide McAfee VirusScan Mobile for its Android smartphone users. The mentioned solution alerts users about viruses and malicious applications by scanning and cleaning files, emails, installer packages, Internet downloads, messages and attachments; while at the same time requiring minimal mobile computing and memory resources. The automatic update feature…
Ford’s Sync cars have been location-aware for awhile now, allowing the automated emergency calling service to give operators specific coordinates of accidents when they happen. The calls are made over a Bluetooth-paired phone, but the GPS coordinates are determined through the built-in Sync system. Cell tower positioning is also used as a back-up. Cars with…
After BlackBerry and Symbian, provider of encrypted voice calling on mobile phones Cellcrypt is going for the growing army of Android users, allowing them to securely talk over Wi-Fi, GSM and CDMA networks. Don’t know what Cellcrypt Mobile is all about? Here’s a snippet from their press release: Cellcrypt Mobile provides encrypted voice calling for…
Lookout had another announcement with the introduction of its new Safe Browsing feature in it mobile security app, and that’s a new partnership with Sprint. Sprint Android users can now download the Lookout application from the Sprint tab found in the Android Market, or Sprint Zone. Lookout is easily the best mobile security application out…
Lookout is doing a bang up job by keeping its mobile users as safe as possible and now it’s extending its security to your web browser. While you’ll find most security threats within applications, the threats within the web browser still remain. Lookout Premium users now have all of their bases covered with mobile security…
During the taking off and landing process, flight attendants ask for everyone to turn their portable devices off. Many people do not follow these requests, and the latest ABC report tells us why we should listen. Between the 2003 and 2009, there were some incidents on board a few flights where people left their phones…