In the economy of mobile apps, you are less a consumer of software than consumed by it. That's according to security firm Zscaler that has analysed the surprisingly intrusive permissions demanded by many popular Google App store apps before they will allow a download to start.
John E Dunn | 16 Jul | Read more
Is the Towelroot tool a simple way for Android smartphone users to gain root access on their devices or an inadvertent proof-of-concept that shows the way to cybercriminals?
John E Dunn | 18 Jun | Read more
Tiny British startup SaveSquared has launched a service it believes can cure the affliction of smartphones and tablets that run out of power while out and about - power up the device by renting a portable recharger from a nearby shop.
John E Dunn | 17 May | Read more
The UK government has said that public sector workers can use certain Samsung devices for official business providing they have the Samsung Knox mobile management platform installed.
Mobile security firm AdaptiveMobile has named and shamed a clutch of popular Android apps it believes have been using the ‘growth hacking' technique to spam large volumes of invitations to the contacts database of installed users.
John E Dunn | 04 Apr | Read more
Google has once again tightened restrictions on the acceptable behaviour of Android apps distributed through the Play store, narrowing promotional design, forcing in-app payments to be made clearer, and widening the definition of spyware to catch abuse.
John E Dunn | 01 Apr | Read more
Samsung has greatly enhanced the practicality of its Knox smartphone and tablet security system, adding the ability to deploy apps from Google Play and offering a dedicated KNOX Marketplace for business-class software.
John E Dunn | 27 Feb | Read more
Dense concentrations of Wi-Fi access points and routers in large cities could be attacked by malware able to spread silently from node to node, researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time.
John E Dunn | 26 Feb | Read more
Samsung's Knox mobile security platform has bolstered its status as the emerging standard in mobile enterprise device security by inking a deal with Zscaler to integrate its technology with the software.
John E Dunn | 25 Feb | Read more
Many of the best-selling consumer and SOHO wireless routers are wide open to attackers thanks to known software vulnerabilities and poor configuration, a study by security firm Tripwire has found.
John E Dunn | 22 Feb | Read more
A UK game firm has been fined £45,000 ($74,000) for using a bogus web game distributed on Facebook and Tumblr to trick mobile users into agreeing to receive weekly premium-rate texts.
John E Dunn | 21 Feb | Read more
Chinese equipment maker Huawei is reportedly being investigated by the Indian Government over alleged ‘hacking' of equipment belonging to state-run telecoms firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).
John E Dunn | 07 Feb | Read more
Is Google's Android Play Store full of adware and malware or isn't it? According to HP's latest Cyber Risk Report, it all depends which firm's mobile antivirus scanner you run.
John E Dunn | 06 Feb | Read more
The SMS text message came to define the start of the mobile era but now the mobile era is moving on. New OFCOM figures show the numbers being sent across UK mobile networks dropped sharply during 2013.
John E Dunn | 14 Jan | Read more
Cybercriminals are using third-party app sites to peddle reverse-engineered or ‘pirate' versions of almost all the most popular paid apps available on the Google Play and Apple App Stores, software firm Arxan has discovered.
John E Dunn | 16 Dec | Read more