Google matches Apple's iOS bug bounty: will pay up $1.5m for a really tough Android Pixel hack
Google’s top payouts for Android now match Apple’s iOS top tier.
Google’s top payouts for Android now match Apple’s iOS top tier.
Mozilla wants to find out if there's a better way of allowing website 'notification' requests than hitting up visitors as soon as they open a page.
The replacement of corporate door-access keycards is picking up pace as ever-smarter Internet of Things (IoT) authorisation systems are fed a growing volume of contextual information, a leading access-control executive has said while acknowledging the challenges of securing user access while retaining user convenience.
David Braue | 18 Aug | Read more
IBM has rolled out its Watson cognitive capabilities to do battle with rival enterprise mobile device management (MDM) platforms.
The threat of employees bringing their own smartphones and software to work was entirely overblown. But consumerisation can still be headache.
Google’s score-based system that it hopes will replace passwords for apps should be available to all Android developers by the end of the year.
A more than doubling of Internet of Things (IoT) usage in 2015 has seen Verizon bring forward its projections around the segment's growth, highlighting security fears around the emergent technology with businesses only starting to take advantage of the data they are collecting from IoT devices.
David Braue | 06 Apr | Read more
Google has tuned its desktop malware alert service Safe Browsing for mobile and says it’s will not to suck up a smartphone's battery or data.
What ever you do as a consumer, don’t listen to anyone that says smart home security isn't needed, a European security agency has warned.
An emerging breed of security tools, designed specifically to rein in use of software as a service (SaaS) offerings, promises to help companies fight the security-vulnerability tidal wave posed by unchecked employees – and it's none too soon, according to new research that found most companies face broad exposure to unchecked use of online email, file-sharing and other popular tools.
David Braue | 09 Oct | Read more
You can protect yourself with a PIN or pattern, but it's another example of why all manufacturers need to get on board with monthly updates.
Derek Walter | 16 Sep | Read more
Today's smartphones may offer more security features than ever but businesses are failing to take advantage of them by allowing users to continue using weak passwords while using their own devices for work purposes, according to one recent industry survey.
David Braue | 01 Sep | Read more
Vulnerabilities in Android's "Stagefright" code allows criminals to send malware to any user via text message -- and the user gets infected without even having to open it, according to a new report from Zimperium zLabs.
Maria Korolov | 27 Jul | Read more
Samsung will update the security software on its Galaxy smartphones to address a flaw that researchers warned could let attackers access people's devices.
Zach Miners | 19 Jun | Read more
Monitoring of endpoint traffic is key to modern security defences but a human element is also essential to make up for the deficiencies of outdated signature-based antivirus security solutions that haven't been effective for many years, a senior security consultant has warned.
David Braue | 22 May | Read more