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Lookout Mobile has well over two million users now, but I bet it never imagined that its security application would help locate a stolen car. That’s exactly what the mobile app did for a man who had his car stolen at gun point with his cell phone still inside the vehicle. Stalin Guzman, a father…
Look, we all know that your mobile phone is probably one of the most precious things you carry around with you, along with your car keys and genitalia coming in at a close third. There are a lot of crazies out there that would love nothing more than to swipe your precious phone so they…
A zombie virus has infected more than 1 million cell phones in China and the virus sends out spam messages that can cost as much as $300,000 a day, according to Shanghai Daily. The “zombie” virus, hidden in a bogus anti-virus application, can send the phone user’s SIM card information to hackers, who then remotely…
Google has always a lot of control over its products in the hands of its users, and Android OS is probably on of the best examples. When downloading an application, the user is shown just what said application needs to run properly. If the user doesn’t want the app to have access to certain things…
AVG Security has just purchased the Android app maker DroidSecurity and the move is another indication that mobile security is becoming a big deal. Many of you may know AVG as a provider of desktop malware software and DroidSecurity is best known for its suite of Android-based security products. The move will help AVG target…
NetQin Mobile launched a new version of its anti-malware software for Symbian smartphones. Version 4.0 promises to deliver a new level of security for S60 3rd and 5th edition device owners, protecting users not only from viruses, Trojans and spyware – but also preventing information leakage and backing up contacts. Moreover, there’s the “anti-lost” protection…
As our smartphones get more computer-like, the bad guys are going to increasingly target these devices. That’s why a company like Lookout has created a mobile security app and the company has just rolled out a few, new premium features. The Lookout mobile security app for Android already has more than 3 million users and…
A recent study at the kernel used in the HTC Droid Incredible for Verizon has found the handset has programming flaws. The kernel is the heart of the OS, and as with humans, if you’ve got a problem with the heart, you need to take it seriously. Although the problems were found in the Droid…
Last we had heard from the government of India regarding lawful interception of BlackBerry data is that they had partial access to BBM data, and RIM had provided an interim solution that bought them another two months as of a few weeks ago. India is now giving RIM until January 31 2011 to test out…
RIM has steadily been calming down the governments of the world about lawful interception over the last couple of weeks, but they’ve been tight-lipped about the specific solutions they have been implementing to meet security demands. There was some talk about setting up local servers, or forwarding decrypted e-mails from corporate mail servers to ISPs,…