Tag: apps

October 31, 2016

Even people who avoid online services can find their lives affected by them. For example, one morning you might wake up to find your usually quiet local street has become a busy highway. You can blame satellite navigation services for […]

September 23, 2016

U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Robert Silvers says his purpose in speaking at the Security of Things Forum in Cambridge on Thursday wasn’t to scare anyone, but then he went ahead and called on everyone in the room to “accelerate […]

July 27, 2016

Microsoft is launching new Microsoft Authenticator applications next month in popular mobile app stores to provide users with multi-factor authentication (MFA) functionality on the go. MFA is the new trend among high-tech companies, and Microsoft is the latest to have […]

July 7, 2016

Even the simplest malware can bring about an emotional response. For example, a classic Skype Trojan simply sent the message “Hi” to everyone in its victims’ contact list each time they were online. The result was pretty predictable: The friends […]

June 15, 2016

As more and more organizations adopt cloud platforms, new shadow IT risk vectors are coming into play in the form of connected third-party apps, according to CloudLock CyberLab’s analysis across 10 million users, 1 billion files, and nearly 160,000 unique […]

April 26, 2016

Over half of presidential campaign-related smartphone apps on Android devices are exposing users’ sensitive data, according to new research. Presidential campaigns — and the groups that support them — are increasingly using smartphone apps to try to attract voters. Yet […]

October 19, 2015

#apple said it will remove 256 misbehaving #apps from its #app store that were using private APIs to pull personal and device information that would allow a user to be tracked. SourceDNA, an analytics company that specializes in studying the iOS […]

October 13, 2015

#application attacks against clouds jumped 45 percent last year, according to a new #report from Houston-based cloud #security firm #alert logic, Inc. The report was based on an analysis of one billion security events in the IT environments of more […]

October 12, 2015

#apple‘s removal of several #apps from its mobile store on Thursday shows the challenges iOS developers can face when app guidelines shift. Among the apps removed was Choice, developed by the Palo Alto-based company Been. The app interrupted encrypted traffic streams sent […]

September 28, 2015

#yahoo has open-sourced Gryffin, a #scanning platform for #web applications. The developers’ goal was to create a security scanner that will be able to both discover as much of the application footprint as possible (crawl phase), and to test the […]

September 24, 2015

The debate over the convenience of getting a #mobile device for your children, or the age at which they should have one, is nothing new. Society seems to have accepted that kids now carry smartphone sin their pockets and the […]

September 3, 2015

Earlier this year the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (#ico), along with 28 other data protection regulators from around the world, announced an #investigation into how #websites and #apps – squarely aimed at #children – were collecting and sharing personal information. […]

August 11, 2015

Applications are becoming more accessible on the web across all industries including gaming, e-commerce, software, and media. This is great for reaching new customers around the globe, but along with new opportunities comes the threat of increasingly complex attacks against […]

July 23, 2015

Capsule is ZoneAlarm’s powerful mobile security product, designed to provide you with privacy and security on your Android device, especially on public WiFi. The world is moving to mobile, but the world of mobile threats is expanding every day. Apps […]

July 20, 2015

After many attempts, we have finally gotten it into our heads that it is essential that we read the small print before we install any application on our devices. If it mentions anything that strays far from what the app […]

March 23, 2015

#apple has pulled an unknown number of #mobile #security #apps from the iOS App Store as part of a new policy that takes exception to the ‘anti-virus’ and anti-malware’ software categories, Mac security firm Intego has revealed. Working out exactly […]

March 20, 2015

Nearly 40 percent of large companies, including many in the Fortune 500, aren’t taking the right precautions to secure the mobile apps they build for customers. A new study also found organizations are poorly protecting their corporate and BYOD mobile […]

March 18, 2015

Your #browser may no longer be vulnerable to FREAK attacks, but what about the mobile #apps you use? According to FireEye researchers, who have tested the most popular apps both for #android and for #ios, a considerable number of them […]