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Mobile security threats highest in banking malware

08/29/201308/26/2013 Jennifer Goula

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McAfee has released data that shows that these are the largest concerns in the current wireless environment. According to a report that was just released by McAfee Labs, “backdoor” Trojans and banking malware, which steal information from a device without the awareness of the victim, were the greatest threats to smartphone and tablet users during the second quarter of 2013. There were 17,000 new malware strains discovered by McAfee during the second quarter for Android based devices. That represents a growth rate of 35 percent over the number of new…

Mobile security from Norton leads the stress test for Android

07/16/201307/13/2013 L. Green

An independent testing lab released the results of their research to show that one company came out on top. AV-Test released the data from its six month long Android mobile security app stress test, last week, and assigned scores to the products from a number of different companies, identifying a clear leader. The highest overall score was assigned to one company though there were 21 that underwent the test. Norton Mobile Security was seen as the best performing by the independent German testing lab. There were 21 different apps tested…

Mobile security adoption is inadequate in New Zealand

05/28/201305/31/2013 Jennifer Goula

A report from Norton Cybercrime has shown that consumers are not protecting their smartphones. Norton Cybercrime has released a report that provides insights into the use – and lack thereof – of mobile security protection and behaviors by the people of New Zealand in order to help to improve awareness of the issue. The report’s release was aligned with the first day of New Zealand Cyber Security Awareness Week. The awareness week began on May 27, 2013 and pointed out a number of issues regarding the behaviors that people maintain…